Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 10 11:54:15 EST 1997 | Kyle Dopp
I can remember seeing jumper wire that had special insulation that you melt to the board to hold it down instead of gluing. Does anyone use this product and can tell me where to get it.
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 11 08:22:56 EDT 2023 | richardcargill
A lot of MELF components have solder ends that stand slightly proud of the main body where your vacuum would lift them, so vacuum leaks are most likely the culprit. Upping the Vacuum to the nozzle may help, but better thing would be to modify the noz
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 13:31:52 EDT 2003 | Dave
If you have a component with a height issue and want to lay is down (capacitor in this case), what are the best methods to consider? RTV, epoxy or something else?
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 18:47:12 EDT 2003 | russ
I would assume we are talking about a radial leaded electrolytic cap? We use Electronic grade RTV (Dow corning 3145). It sticks good and can be removed if necessary. It is also pliable so you don't have to worry about CTE or other stresses that may
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 14:16:40 EDT 2003 | MikeF
We need more information to give you a good answer. Is this a leaded part (axial or radial) or smt? How big is the part, how much weight per lead? What is the end use environment, will it see any vibration? or temperature extremes? Some general com
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 10 15:47:18 EDT 2014 | hegemon
Possibly the components have been re-taped in that particular reel, with only electrical function in mind? Hard to see a nozzle causing a flip, and I am thinking if your feeders are vibrating bad enough to flip the components in the tape, that you
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 11 11:40:12 EDT 2014 | rgduval
As has been mentioned, it's likely that the component is moving in the tape, and flipping over. It is not likely that the pick/place operation is causing this. What I haven't seen mentioned is that there is an acceptability criteria in IPC for inve
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 06 09:27:49 EDT 2011 | rdouglass
Has anyone come across any good visuals for the solderability requirements for component leads with toe-down configuration? IPC-A-610 does not have any visual aids for this category and our inspectors are having a difficult time assessing based sole
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 01 17:54:02 EDT 2005 | Stefan
If you are using vib. feeders than the component may be flipped length wise by the following components. Components should be landing with the leads on the right side but upside down. If you are using tape feeders the component may be flipped sideway
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 02 11:17:27 EDT 2005 | Stefan
Tape feeders usually have a fixed pick position regardless of the package size. Is the component body off center in the tape pocket? I hope you can enter an offset in the feeder set up file. Also, perforation holes can deform, if the reel is too hea
