Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 25 02:44:53 EST 2003 | Grant Petty
Hi, Thanks for the advice, and what models are you running. They have a few different models Horizon, etc, and I am trying to work out what would be best for us. I need accuracy, and reasonable speed, but also want to get the inspection options, as
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 09 16:48:27 EDT 2007 | ratsalad
How wide are your pads? What paste are you using? What is your board finish? Could you please post a link to the datasheet for the component? We place a lot of MLFs, both in a Pb and Pb-free process. Our standard stencil design for MLF compon
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 11:36:31 EDT 2014 | emeto
About the pads shape - you can do rectangular or oblong. For stencil design oblong is better for small pads(0.2mm) because it will give better release, so having this thought in mind you should probably design oblong shape and then print make paste a
Electronics Forum | Thu May 03 17:33:20 EDT 2018 | dleeper
Solder paste selection can have a huge impact on size and quantity of voids. Talk to a few suppliers and ask for their recommendation on low voiding formulas. Pick a few of your top candidates and then perform a DOE to see who has the best result. S
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 25 23:23:00 EDT 2021 | llawrence
The QFP pitch is 0.5mm. Pad size is 1.475 x 0.3mm, and the new aperture size is 1.32 x 0.22mm. I'm not sure about whether or not it is lasered, but on the newly ordered stencil I selected the polishing option. Looks like the pad width is already 2/3
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 19 09:41:30 EDT 2017 | sumote
Steve, The 4 things I would do, and in this order: 1. Clean your stencil with stencil cleaner wipes after it comes out of the stencil cleaner. I like MicroCare ProClean (MCC-PROWR). I will even saturate the wipe with a bit of isopropal just till
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 22:47:31 EST 2006 | davef
We didn't intend to light anyone's fur on fire [get anyone's underwear in a knot, roil the waters, have a cow man] about consultants. The Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 08:52:42 EDT 2011 | davef
Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste � Not An Option Contributed by Phil Zarrow of ITM an Independent SMT consulting firm With soldering being the dominant source of assembly
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 30 09:20:09 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| Ok folk's has anyone used Alpha Metal's UP78 solder paste ? | | Our place is looking to move to that as the way to go, getting rid of the Hereaus 362's and Alpha 737's of the current set up. | | My question's are really : | how is the printabilit
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 30 11:03:27 EDT 1999 | Wade Oberle
| | Ok folk's has anyone used Alpha Metal's UP78 solder paste ? | | | | Our place is looking to move to that as the way to go, getting rid of the Hereaus 362's and Alpha 737's of the current set up. | | | | My question's are really : | | how is the
