Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 12:48:54 EST 2006 | krc
Pardon my ignorance on this subject but I gotta ask... When the SMT guys load partial reels, I'm told that they have to waste a few components in the process. It seemed obvious to me that there should be a kind of tape that can be added to the end
Electronics Forum | Tue May 09 14:23:40 EDT 2006 | flipit
I would like to know what you are seeing in production. I have read the papers that state fewer tombstones with SAC305 as well as the papers that state more tombstones with SAC305. I am seeing more tombstones with SAC305. I place a lot of 0402 com
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 17 11:19:46 EDT 2006 | Chunks
Never seen a direct study on these two correlation�s before. But if you have moisture sensitive devices, higher humidity could have some affect on them. If you are talking regular Rs and Cs over wave solder - I kinda doubt it. Water based fluxes d
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 18 02:17:50 EDT 2006 | Grant
Hi, We put in a bunch of Fuji XP machines and it took a good 4 days before we were up an running in full production, and this was with the local engineers helping us run the machines and help us as each little issue popped up, such as feeder change
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 10:22:06 EDT 2006 | Al Czervik
Are you a big CM ($1 billion)? If so, your company probably has a legal department. I would consult with the company's legal department on this. I'd be very, very nervous with nothing in writing (a waiver that they are aware that their product i
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 21 13:27:09 EDT 2006 | jimmyjames
We 'bend and clip' with good old fashioned needle nose pliers and side cutters. A typical size for a run would be 20-30 boards. Many of our designs are over a decade old and are fully TSO'd (FAA standard) and we can't change anything in the design.
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 02 11:23:04 EDT 2006 | ccapezza
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Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 25 16:31:41 EDT 2006 | SWAG
We are just getting into full production on a handful of lead-free builds. We are finding that the specific lead-free paste we are using is very susceptible to shelf life and dwell time. Much, much more than our experience with leaded. We have had
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 24 17:01:15 EDT 2006 | grizzy
Well super, super, sorry I had cap locks on - no yelling intended. Let's keep this a technical forum. Many manufacturers charge to register their equipment prior to selling parts or providing service. Agree or dis-agree with this practice it is a re
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 06 17:11:23 EST 2006 | gregcr
Hi All, I have vendors and even customers telling me that to properly run RoHS compliant products I should have ovens with more zones than my Heller 1500's. I have been running RoHS compliant product with these with very good results. So what ar
