Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 12:35:56 EDT 2002 | stepheno
Fourth - > back to design of PCB. Are there solder dams of > mask between the pads? If yes, that helps. If > not, pay close attention to stencil aperture > width and be sure that the aperture deposits less > paste by 1-2 mils per pad, centered o
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 16:56:55 EDT 2002 | stockley
I started writing a long winded explanation about SMEMA and realised that it is just as easy to write about this as it is to talk about it on the phone. It just so happens that I have recently gone through this process so I believe that your vendor
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 24 07:32:58 EDT 2002 | cyber_wolf
Pete: It is a Panasonic Camera. MPM tells me that they no longer sell parts for that vision system, and in order to fix this problem I have to do a vision up-grade. The upgrade is over 20K if I remember correctly. That is not going to happen. I hav
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 20 17:41:09 EDT 2002 | davef
Neither. It would be better if the person posting thread said, "I searched the fine SMTnet Archives, but couldn't find an answer to my question. Now, here's what I'd like to know ... " Barring that, it would be better to start a new thread, becaus
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 26 11:24:47 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Hi DaveF and Brian Doyle Here is my two cents, and a change in my previosuly posted thoughts about control. Before we all go wild with alot of police work and programming, how about simply posting basic forum rules at the top of the main conference
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 27 08:12:19 EDT 2002 | yngwie
Dear all, My customer is asking me to add chevron solder mask registration marks to their board design, drive fabrication capability study from their board vendor(s), and make sure tolerances are established correctly for copper traces and solder mas
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 09 19:15:16 EDT 2002 | russ
Dave, so for example I need to peak at 203 and hold for 5-10 sec. This is my normal profiling procedure with the exception that I usually try to hit about 215C along with staying above liquidous for 60 secs or so. Something I was curious about was
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 09 08:44:51 EDT 2002 | pjc
Hey, that's not nice to say. The complete big-fish-eat-little-fish story is Nicolet Imaging Systems bought SRT, GenRad bought NIS, Teradyne bought GR. I think its safe to say that it will end here as I cannot see Teradyne being eaten- too big to swal
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 10 19:27:42 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
I am an OEM �sales type� I think just about everyone on the forum knows that. I do not think it matters who is making postings provided they can offer factual answers, solutions or legitimate suggestions to solve the problem at hand. I personally t
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 11 12:19:11 EDT 2002 | Randy V
All information regardless of its origin should be questioned and not taken without some data. I have been working in Electronics for allot of years and I have worked with some very competent reps and some real bad ones. Reps usually refer me to the