Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 13 08:15:05 EST 2019 | SMTA-Joe
We recently had an in-house demo with the smaller IR bottom heater PACE machine. The machine was barely able to remove some components, but could not replace new ones at all. Also, the nozzle for the hot air would not fit in the tight areas of the ho
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 21 14:51:08 EST 2000 | Dave F
Mike: I�d hate to see you making design decisions, based solely on the discussion here, but that this would be an impetus to consult IPC-D-279, "Design Guidelines ... " and take a course on designing reliable boards. Werner Engelmaier (Engelmaier
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 10 17:03:52 EST 1999 | Morziana Hasan
NASA CommQuest Photopolymerized Conducting Polymers Directions: 1.Please read the information provided on this technology. You may follow the links to additional information resources below. 2.After evaluating the technology, please answer the
Electronics Forum | Tue May 30 21:09:30 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Dennis: Direct metalization is more of an European phenomena than a US one. Not to say that good things don�t come out of Europe. As background: Direct Metallization. In circuit board fabrication, an alternative to electroless plating makes the
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 06:01:12 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a re
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 28 12:02:48 EDT 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
| | While inspecting incoming PCBs we detected around all plated-through-holes (only there and all in the same place) some halfmoonshaped light rings that match obviously only with the pink ring symptom shown in the IPC-A-600 chapter 2.5.2.. That wou
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 03 22:18:36 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| I'm encountering a new problem at my new company that I haven't encountered before in my past life - and that's Wave Soldering VIA holes. | | We've been getting a rash of defects that we call in this company, "insufficient solder in VIA hole." The
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 25 04:34:09 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
No this message isn't about my triumphant return. It's not even about that lady I wanted to run away with to Mehico (who were you again). It's about progress and some of you might be interested, or not. 1) For DEKheads, I submit we had two of Britai
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 16 05:11:47 EST 1999 | Charles Stringer
| | AVX and a few other companies make these chip transient voltage suppressors (TVS) parts that are a real *PAIN* to use. According to AVX: | | "Due to the semiconducting nature of the doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) ceramic material, SMT TransGuard
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 15 15:06:30 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hello, | | We are qualifying new sources of PWB vendors. We've got the first lot of "produciton" boards in and we want to put them through the paces before turing the vendors on. | | So far, the tests I can think of performing, and that we have
