Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 15 18:16:15 EDT 2001 | Shindler
Hi Larry- Be wary of which IR systems you use, dark IR (ERSA) maintains only the positive effects of infrared use in that this infrared medium wavelength has the optimal absorbtion/reflection ratio between light and dark colors. Therby, guaranteeing
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 18:49:20 EDT 2001 | arsmoriendi
i have a problem with some units that had one capacitor only soldered in one side, the geometry of the capacitor is 0805, our product during his life suffer a lot of stress (due temperature or vibration), some of those units are already with the cost
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 19:14:27 EST 2000 | Dennis
Thanks! It is right that solder paste is somewhat responsible for misssing components in our case. I took a look at the board after placement and I found that component hit the paste, but no where on the board. I guesss dry solder paste (operater pri
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 20:36:13 EST 2000 | Dave F
HJ: Your best chance of running your boards with a single profile is with ovens from the established suppliers (ie, BTU, Conceptronics, Heller, Vitronics, etc). They are experienced in robust control system designs. Stepping aside from that, consi
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 23 03:23:09 EST 2000 | Rob Steltman
Hi We use a U-channel piece of high temperature silicon which is just pushed over the gold tabs before the soldering process. The silicon can be used over and over again. The advantages are that there is no mask on the board during the SMT process a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 17:56:26 EST 2000 | Dave F
Glenn: Greg's comments about Heller ovens are well taken. Heller sells more ovens than anyone. Beyond his and others general comments, you should be aware of concerns about buying used equipment. Suggestions are: 1 Check the temperatures of conc
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 30 23:25:49 EST 1999 | Henry C. Yao
We're using 96.5/3.5 high temp solder paste for our production and we're encountering soldering defects particularly non wetting (tombstoning). A technical document I read mentioned that there is a sort of a problem with the wettability of this paste
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 12:00:34 EST 1999 | Kris Wiederhold
We recently reduced our standard aperture reduction to aid in the reduction of solder on gold defects. Since this reduction in aperture size, we have been experiencing exposed copper at the end of the component pads. The heel and toe joints are per
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 08 18:40:39 EST 1999 | shane.M
We encounter a similar problem, whereby stringing becomes a real problem when board temperatures are raised. We tried slightly larger dots, but this did nothing more than block the nozzles of the pick & place machine. You basically have only two opt
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 03 18:01:39 EST 1999 | Dave F
Chris, Two points of perspective are: 1 Solderability: The shelf life of components has elapsed when they are no longer solderable. There's tons of variables that affect this, but keys are: * Intermetalics grow as a function of temperature. * Th
