Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 28 13:08:28 EDT 2001 | seand
Hello Everyone, Mountains and mountains of data in the archives. As a contractor the variables in your production lots don't help I'm sure. On a larger scale, one suggestion maybe to first look at when and where your tomb stoning is occuring. 1
Electronics Forum | Wed May 12 10:15:29 EDT 2004 | gabriele
Hi Dave, I've got it, many thanks. Snow ? My village is located latitude GMT + 1 hour,and about 45� north longitude. 30 Km north the mountains are still fully covered by snow. Sea is about 3 hrs driving down. My Job?, EMS'engineer (ex)
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 08 15:27:25 EST 2015 | davef
Thinner: Flux thinner, NOT paint thinner We kept a spare stone in thinner in inventory. We cut PVC pipe to size, cap in one end, screw thread on the other, stone inside, filled with flux thinner and covered with a screw cap. I don't remember who we
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 26 20:51:44 EDT 2007 | davef
You're correct. In the metal working industry, it's common to discuss swarf. For instance: Swarf is a mixture of small metal particles, cooling fluids, lubricants, and residuals from grinding media such as abrasive belts or stone wheels. Swarf is ty
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:17 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:43 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 18 15:50:41 EST 2007 | samir
Hi Patrick, I agree, there've been many anomolies this Winter. I've spent the last 6 months at my company's Chicago branch, and temperatures throughout December were very comparable to the desert heat of Riyadh! I hate Al Gore, the guy's a total to
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 25 20:23:44 EDT 2002 | davef
Federal Specification GGG-P-463c "Granite Surface Plates" defines the three standard grades of tolerance for surface plates as follows: * AA - Laboratory Grade: For high precision operations in consistent temperature gauging rooms and metrology depa
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 06 08:26:59 EST 1999 | Dave F
| Clarissa, | | We place the parts using two different methods. One is using a Fritsch semi automated pick and place. The other is using a vacuum pen. One of the assemblers said if she just had to choose one, she would pick the vacuum pen. I kn
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 13:37:48 EST 2002 | PeteC
When evaluating AOI you must first define what type of inspections you want the system to perform, pre-solder or post-solder. What separates many mfgs. of these systems is how effective they are at finding post solder defects. This is where camera re
