Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 23 22:13:45 EDT 2009 | joannetjy
Hi All, Recently, I need to deal with a customer complaint that specify the PCBA white residue (flux residue from ecofree 303) may be the reason why the board intermittent. Anyone have such experience with this flux? Anyone can tell me is this flux
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 09:25:36 EDT 2009 | scottp
We're just now getting into 0201s and I'm wondering how people are doing rework. Is hand soldering still viable or is some type of semi-automated repair station needed?
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 21:43:28 EDT 2009 | davef
In reworking 0201, we: * Cut the 0201 in half with a side cutter * Heat the solder on each pad separately and flick the half 0201 off the board * Preheat a new component to +150°C with a hot plate * Solder a new 0201 on the undressed pads with a hot
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 15:47:37 EDT 2009 | stepheniii
Are there solering iron tips for that size component? The C shape end ones. That might be even easier than cutting them first. I would think hand repair is going to be better than a semi-automated repair station for a while.
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 15 08:30:59 EDT 2009 | geb
We use precision tweezers to rework 0402 (OKI MFR-PTZ) not tried with 0201, but it may be a solution. The tweezers themselves have the heating element built in.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 25 01:33:00 EDT 2009 | hurr
Hi Jack, we have in our comapany My15 and MY9. Both machines we programming almost daily only in excell. First manually, second with excell macro. Both alternative are almost camparable. It´s depending on amount of SMD parts and skills. Radek
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 14:09:55 EDT 2009 | jwmcnally
Thanks Rob. We are getting very high pricing from Aegis. Have you heard of Prontoplace by Unisoft? They had an advertisement on the smtnet website so we are doing a web demo on Thurs.
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 01 07:31:03 EDT 2009 | jlawson
Also check with the Valor guys they support Mydata from simple outputs to full optimisation/part generation etc. But if your budget limited then maybe not best fit...but best to chat to them and see if can squeeze abit !!!
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Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 08 05:40:10 EDT 2009 | fiona_j
Many thanks for the reply. However, surely because it's under 100 degrees, the moisture won't actually reach boiling point. Is this ok?
