Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 10:16:42 EDT 2001 | davef
Welcome to SMTnet. Awww, those assemblers are always whining about something. Just tell him to shut-up and build the blankin� boards. Jeesh!!! We used to have copious archives on the topic on SMTnet and our friend Brian is working his fingers t
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 19 21:42:10 EDT 2001 | davef
You appear to spending too much time watching "Survivor" and too little down at Jimbo's I'm not sure "Gettin' Jiggy Wit Flux" translates well. My first recollection of jiggy is ... Will Smith "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" Bring it. Whoo! Unh, unh, unh,
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 16 08:10:56 EST 2001 | Matt Kehoe
Hi Dave. Sorry I have not responded. Just as I was getting into this forum activity the company I worked for (past tense) decided not to re join the SMTA and I was cut off. Anyways, you can find most of what you asked for about SIPAD on the Midwest
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 30 10:06:13 EDT 2001 | CAL
John- Just few ideas at random (brainstorming) - While times are slow invest in training of your current staff. There are some great training facilities out there offering valuable knowledge. Knowledge is a valuable thing to have and will prove to be
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 14:31:10 EST 2000 | rabell
This is certainly an excellent question. We have shied away from going web based for several reasons: 1. Yes - bandwidth is a real issue. Research into instructional effectiveness of computer based training shows that students lose interest if res
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 22:35:30 EST 2000 | rabell
We are currently in release 1.4 and 1.5 of the majority of our courses, partly because we do fix minor errors that do crop up, and release maintenance updates. I infer from your comment that you take exception to one or more of the test questions in
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 27 12:38:10 EST 2000 | rabell
There are a number of issues here. One is having good benchmarks prior to training. Most companies monitor production issues like inventory, scrap, rework, etc. A good ESD program would be performing frequent audits and recording deviations. Hard
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 17:48:12 EDT 2000 | ptvianc
Hi: Generlly speaking, in a reactive mode, nitrogen blankets are used to improve the yield of a process that is marginal in terms of removing, and/or preventing the re-appearence of, oxides on copper features or component I/Os. That marginality can
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 12:56:50 EDT 2000 | ptvianc
That is a tough question. I think that an important point must be made, and that is that the electronics assembly business is just that, a business. And, electronics asssembly companies are in business to make a profit. The profit, or "bottom line
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 13:26:53 EDT 2000 | ptvianc
Hello: 1. Yes, it is necessary to reball a PBGA after removal from the board. Once the part has been removed, the quantity of solder on the balls is out of control. This condition will not only result in an unacceptable variation in solder quantity
