Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 17 12:07:06 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
Yes Stephen and has been discussed in a thread before. Check here: http://www.smtnet.com/Forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=10116&#Message40575
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 17 16:00:45 EDT 2007 | slthomas
The true cause and effects of the other pollutants have been quantified adequately by the EPA's report. That's the only carrot most people need, especially those that would find it difficult to cover the cost of the transition.
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 23 14:24:04 EDT 2007 | ratsalad
Who is your stencil vendor? I've used three different vendors for Pb-free green frame stencils and NONE of them charged extra.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 04 16:07:03 EDT 2007 | jdengler
Everything for a lead free job is labeled with green lead free labels. This includes all processing documentation. When the kit is issued to production the production supervisor and SMT lead operator are reminded that the job is lead free. When th
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 05 18:16:20 EDT 2007 | bigdaddysoy9
Thanks for the replies. We have been doing the same thing. There's green everywhere and I'm getting sick of that color. I like Hussman's idea but most of our operators are pretty kinky and they would probably enjoy being beaten with a big stick. Anyb
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 Oct 17 13:31:02 EDT 2007 | chef
Certainly could be true - so do we keep producing with toxics or find a better way? So far, lead is on its way out, as for the others, it will take time to qualify and quantify the true cause and effects, meanwhile why aren't we going fiber optics be
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 14:53:40 EDT 2007 | chef
The only sophisticated customer I have is 100% ROHS and actually spec.s material and properties for the fab.'s. The rest have mostly just called in and requested we process ROHS without having to change the drawings or provide a spec. nary a complain
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 17 11:52:15 EDT 2007 | stepheniii
I'm a > CM- high mix, low to medium volumes. No steady > all day every day runners- I am standardizing my > plant as ROHS only- the customers not requiring > lead free are getting an upgrade (MY humble > opinion - they are just too lazy to spec.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 11 14:56:27 EDT 2007 | chef
Thank you- my point exactly and it starts in SMT- operators pulling the wrong paste from the fridge, touch up using the wrong solder wire, etc. My solution- GET THE LEAD OUT!!!!! I'm a CM- high mix, low to medium volumes. No steady all day every day
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