Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 10:06:15 EST 2001 | davef
Git otta taun!!! I never have heard of an Sn62 BGA solder ball. Several thoughts on Sn62: * Look at http://www.smtnet.com//forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=4603&#Message17953& * Search the fine SMTnet Archives on � Sn62 �
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 16 20:04:08 EST 2002 | davef
Consider: * Understanding the cost of change. * Buying every feeder ever made for your machine. * Buying �High-Mix Low-Volume Manufacturing� Mahoney, M; Pearson Education (Prentice Hall); 1997 [013255688X] offered by SMTA. * Searching the fine SMTnet
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 06 12:24:36 EST 2002 | JasonGregory
The term is indeed "slice", Daniel. I am the 5DX engineer here in Austin, TX. To answer your question, The 5DX can slice at varying heights of virtually any solder joint. By changing certain comment lines of the NDF and RTF files, the 5DX can view th
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 13 22:20:50 EDT 2002 | craigj
Have had a request from a customer who wants to use component reference designators of 6 or more charactors. They have a good reason for this from a design point of view but it becomes a problem at manufacture. Our machine (also MRP system) only allo
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 21 20:51:47 EST 2003 | davef
I assume you want to convert your BGA to PGA. We talked about converter / adapters here on SMTnet Previously. Search the fine Archives. For insyance: http://www.smtnet.com//forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=5315&#Message207
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 09 18:48:29 EST 2003 | Dean
Definitly evaluate the TD washer smt 324 / 318. I have two units and they have been fantastic from a maintenance point of view. Small, quiet and easy to maintain. I am in the middle of cleaning capability and ionic contamination testing as we spe
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 09:53:33 EDT 2003 | stefwitt
http://www.smtnet.com//forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=3881&#Message15365 http://www.e-insite.net/epp/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA213352 http://www.inspectcom.com/About%20AccuSpec.htm
Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 07:06:36 EDT 2003 | stefwitt
Phil, as a rule of thumb, measuring machines (such as Zeiss, View and others) should be ten times more accurate, than the placement machine, in order to provide measuring values (CPK). AOI are meant to detect missing and wrong components, but not mea
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 04 05:13:09 EDT 2003 | emeto
Hi Pete I agree with all that. But his question was "Are most people shying away from them in favor of BGA or do most people consider 15.7 mil to be "standard" technology these days?" So, the truth is people use both.QFP has advantages and disadvanta
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 20 18:12:42 EDT 2003 | blundell
This is a very narrow view you have, X-Ray does not see all the problems that can occur, even with good rework gear or a sound reflow process it is still possible to get soldering defects, how do you know if you have a sound process to begin with if
