Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 08:19:12 EDT 2007 | davef
Michael We know you're just trying to have fun by getting us to respond. Going along with the game, if your solder is more expensive, requires more energy to melt, produces less reliable solder connectiuons, and is worse for the environment; how to
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 01:55:43 EST 2007 | Michael Konrad
Hi Rafael, You just missed three shows (two in Chicago and one in Orlando). Next major US show is APEX (April 1 - 3) in Las Vegas. If you want to see all the players sooner, Productronica is next week in Munich Germany. Mike Konrad Aqueous Techno
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 27 13:37:15 EST 2007 | chef
Mr. Wizard- Bingo, you did it again - don't know why I had to wait for the 3DBB before I saw the light. I have similar sitiaction to Steve - shake and bake, baby - two turns of the rotisserie- now ya got 2 bottles of californy spill on reserve - di
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 25 15:22:45 EST 2009 | g2garyg2
Many OEMs, including myself and going big for APEX. This is the 1 venue that still brings qualified people to technology. In tough times we find that small investments in technology and processes can make a huge difference in productivity. Vegas ha
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 01 18:29:10 EST 2007 | Marc
Hello I atteneded the show as a supplier. Been to many over the years. All in all it was not too bad. The show layout was a bit differnt and not in exact grids as in past that made walking the show a bit interesting. They had buses running fro
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 06 10:56:01 EDT 2007 | SWAG
Sounds familiar. We are trying to get credit for a bunch of boards at this time based on the gerber we approved - not an official print by any means. Unfortunately, we are stuck with the paperwork trail and the 38 junk boards that were ruined in ma
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 10:28:56 EST 2000 | Russ
Okay, Okay, here is the rest of the story! These boards were definitely plated, reworked to HASL, The component that is the most succeptable is a 160 pin QFP .5mm pitch. This component has nickel/iron lead frame. Significantly reduced apertures (1
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 22:41:20 EST 2000 | Dave F
Russ: Now that�s a good story. Nuff said on the Vegas trip, that explains everything. Especially when you say "it must have something to do with ..." I love WS609. It�s been berry, berry good to me. Intermetalic Layer (IL). A compound formed a
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 17 11:55:08 EST 2007 | chef
I recently had the same problems, solder bridges on every thing I made, different customers boards, etc. I wave with no-clean flux. As I sorted out problems (pin holes, blow holes, splatter, etc.) I found a lot of variable factors. I changed flux,
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 17 08:58:21 EST 2007 | Frank
You can spend a couple grand on a manual screen printer, or do what I did back in the day: place the board on the work bench and lay the stencil on the board. If you can hold it steady enough you can use a putty knife to apply your paste. For the s
