Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 10:47:31 EDT 1999 | Mark D. Milward
There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performing th
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 13:51:23 EST 2005 | pjc
pr is 100% correct, can't have visual inspectors touching up for the reason he states. I have always seen that- when in doubt they will always "touch up". Touching up is always a bad thing. Looks like you have some problems that need fixing to elimin
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 03 11:23:50 EST 2005 | Slow Ride
Generally QC is a different deptpartment than touch-up people. Most touch-up people are just general operators, so to keep their job they always see the solder joint as "not enough". Q.C. people are generally a bit better, but know they may be call
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 05 22:57:32 EST 2005 | gpaelmo
This has been our practice and its worked well: SMT process-QC/Touch-Up-Assembly. We have dedicated QC/T-Up after reflow trained under IPC requirements. They do the SMT inspection and ONLY touch-up if necessary. This way we never have to inspect SMT
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:31:26 EST 2005 | Greg
QC --> Touch-up --> QC --> Assembly After SMT all PWB goes to QC, QC Inspects and marks all that needs rework then PWB's goes to Touch-up to fix what QC marked for rework. After that All reworked boards goes to QC for another verification and stampi
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 06 17:39:15 EST 2005 | Darby
1st law of Surface Mount. You WILL run out of parts on the last board going through before a long weekend. 2nd law of Surface Mount. Touchies WILL touch. I'm with Russ and Rob. Touch up is EVIL and should only be tolerated in exceptional circumst
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:43:59 EST 2005 | Rob
Hi Greg, Is anyone logging the errors at QC/touch up stage so they can feed them straight back to SMT and fix them? (i.e. skipped components, poor paste coverage etc) Obviously the faster you spot an error the cheaper it will be for you. Cheers,
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:50:32 EST 2005 | pr
I think the 1st option would be the best. I have found that a touch up person WILL TOUCH UP SOMETHING, regardless of the electrical needs of the board. This leads to a lot of unnecessary rework of joints. I would hope QC is tracking the defects and t
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 03 11:49:23 EST 2005 | Rob
Doesn't that depend on your company's culture & management style? We (and I feel slightly dirty using this word)empowered our end of line inspection/touch up people & trained them to know what is good or bad - so issues can be immediately fed back,
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:18:29 EDT 2008 | operator
The way it works is the liquid solder immediatley cures (or should I say burns) the WSOL where ever it touches it. This hardens and keeps it in place and protects whatever is under it. Some of the WSOL falls of in the pot. I am suprised that the burn
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