Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 03 09:58:20 EDT 2007 | stepheniii
And that's better because? I think the guy that thought this up has never been to a board shop or knows what is involved with plating. Why does he think it's the board shops that will disappear? Maybe they will simply build the board over the compon
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 17 17:34:03 EDT 2008 | paulv
Folks, I work in Supply Chain and was wondering if anyone in this forum knows a website where I could find recent market information such as industry average price for the major solder products such as lead free and tin lead bar and paste. With the r
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 15 10:33:05 EST 2009 | rrpowers
One thing you must be very careful with when using Bismuth is that there is no lead anywhere else within the process, either components or boards. Lead-terminated components or hot air solder leveled (HASL) finished boards used in combination with a
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 17:16:54 EST 2012 | davef
To get started look here: http://www.smtnet.com/Forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=61862 On your lingering disbelief of your suppliers truthfulness in the C of C: Periodic auditing of their truthfulness by your QA peeps or a third party is an acce
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 23 18:50:09 EST 2006 | grantp
Hi, We are an OEM, so we deal with all stages of the pipeline from parts purchasing, to assembly to sales through our channel, and the biggest thing we have been worrying about is our inventory and bom conversions, as I don't want to be stuck with l
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 12 19:11:37 EST 2008 | larryd
Determine what the likly product will be. Then match the capablity of the equipment to the market segment. Functional test is product specific. Several sticking points. Customers like to see an operating factory before placing orders. Big capital
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 03:04:19 EST 2005 | johnw
Aj, Hope that noose isn't too tight. If you have't started working on this already then yoru about 6 months too late! It obviously depends on your Products and yoru processes but to be honest.... the technical side is not immpossible and good enginee
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 24 11:51:03 EDT 2004 | CT
Our ERP shows when a reel has been allocated to whatever line - done at the kitting stage. It was a long tortuous process, but bar code labeling got us there. Scan out to a job, work order, etc., scan back in when it has been torn down. Not saying w
Electronics Forum | Sun May 29 11:41:20 EDT 2005 | Stephen
Get'em on the floor. But invite themn nicely. Most people are interested in what people in the other parts of the company do. On the other hand if you say something like, you have to come and take a look so you numbskulls can know what you are doing
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 16 09:43:39 EST 2005 | Terenzio Facchinetti
Concerning RoHS testing I would like to inform you that a service is provided to achieve compliance by UL: Underwriter Laboratories. Service consisting of (all or each can be requested as stand alone service): - Preliminary investigation (what I ha
