Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 13:00:35 EST 2010 | randyw
Thank you for your quick responce. First let me say that I have read your articals and found them to be very comprensive and informative. Good Work Patrick My direct expereince with regard to water soluable flux is neglagable at best. In discusion w
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 27 11:24:53 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Steve-O, Good question(s). This process was set-up by an engineer that had a PhD in statistics, took him a year to develop and then thru it over the wall at us. The biggest problem we saw was SPC to measure solder volume. SPC is good for measu
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 10:58:10 EST 2005 | pcbrown57
Does anyone know of literature available for newcomers to the wave soldering process? We are trying to teach some greenhorns on wave soldering, but we also would like to give them something to read up on. We are soldering very thick boards (32 layers
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 10:28:49 EDT 1999 | Boca
| I'm looking into vision inspection equipment to automatically inspect SMD placement and solder joint quality. Does anyone have any recommendations or know of any commonly used equipment? Do other manufacturers use vision systems at their inspecti
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 01 19:42:46 EDT 2004 | Ken
The biggest fear is mixing the solder pastes and bar solder. Had a training program for teaching folks what the alloys are and how to read them. I have locked up the bar solder and use the buddy system to restock the pot. Put up many signs on le
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 30 09:02:13 EST 1998 | Chrys
Drag the iron and molten solder over the thermocouple to the left, encapsulating the bead. Now, obviously if you are left-handed, reverse everything. This is a foolproof way to attach thermocouples. I used to have a lot more difficulty with them u
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 13 08:41:45 EST 2015 | emeto
Hi, I have MV-7xi from Mirtec. Mine is equipped with the best camera they have as well as telecentric lens which give you very good resolution and view. Machine handles very good most of the defects in SMT. However, when we go to the solder joints i
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 16:07:39 EDT 1999 | Doug
| | I'm looking into vision inspection equipment to automatically inspect SMD placement and solder joint quality. Does anyone have any recommendations or know of any commonly used equipment? Do other manufacturers use vision systems at their inspec
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 06 06:32:06 EST 2013 | bandjwet
We have been running both SRT and APR rework systems for many years in our business as a service provider of BGA rework (http://www.solder.net/services/bga-rework-services The SRT is a true workhorse with good bottom side heating capabilities. If yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 21 18:43:23 EDT 2006 | SD
Sorry, I have not read the article. However, I do have five years experience constantly tweaking an AOI system that ran ONE product! The strength of the machine was solder inspection. The biggest problem was component color variation and shadowing