Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 10:40:10 EST 2005 | patrickbruneel
Jim, I don't have direct experience with the methods you mentioned but we have used induction heating in the past and is a very effective way to heat up metals quick. This method is also very easy to automate. I did a quick search as example http://
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 12 14:00:37 EDT 2004 | blnorman
We've been using lasers to mark barcodes on our boards for some time now. We use a CO2 laser to burn through the solder mask on most of our boards. The machine is enclosed so the operators aren't exposed to the laser. The laser is also mounted on
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 23 09:59:09 EST 2006 | SIR
We have an AUREL CS1222 machine to measure the thickness of the solder paste deposited on a bare board by a stencil printer. This device has a laser beam that has to be put on the pad where you want to measure the solder paste thickness. The measure
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 23 13:56:21 EST 2006 | slthomas
I have dealt with it before and usually it's consistent, so you use some simple math to work around the issues. Now, if you have so much variability between different locations on your board for resist thickness, HASL thickness, etc., that it fouls
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 07 02:29:22 EST 2001 | Cosine Theta
Barcode needs a light colour backgroup so that the scanner can read. No way you can mark on the solder mask and become readable. I found most of the time the investment cannot be paid back within 5 years. Most of the time it is product requirement th
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 07 20:37:38 EST 2001 | davef
I agree. The bar coded label you use should not be affected by the solder mask of the board. The label should have sharp contrast between the segments of the code to modulate the returned light and allow the reader to discriminate between light and
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 06 15:50:10 EST 2006 | ajaygarg1980
Hi, We are electrodepositing Au(0.25 to 0.5 microns) on Cu & using solder ball bonding process via laser.We are getting lots of voids within the solder (not kirkendall voids). Can anyone shed some light on this problem.We are not using any flux.Pre
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 22 09:14:06 EST 2007 | paulallan
Does anyone have any experience in point to point laser soldering and laser light reflecting off of SMT component 'J' leads down on to the laminate. This appears to be a random situation we cannot understand nor control.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 22 11:21:42 EDT 2005 | HUH
There are several types of lasers to do laser soldering. Panasonic also has a high intensity light that can solder as well. I've tried em' all and two over whelming things stand out when it comes to this type of soldering. #1 is preheat. It seems
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 08:00:03 EDT 2001 | doctord
Solder balls or mid chip beads? Remember IPC classification for Class 2 allows mid chip beads encapsulated in flux. Usually on R's and C's first thing I would do is verify .006 laser stencil 10% reduction and the most critical, The paste must be on t
