Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 18:46:13 EST 2007 | darby
Imagine you put two 8mm feeders on the rear feeder plate, they are about the same distance apart as the length of your tray. On top of these feeders are two slotted arms that allow you to move the arms towards the moveable rail. You place your tray o
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 08:46:23 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Well I DO KNOW! Hi aj, 100% on the lead pads and 50% reduction on the center pad if you do not use thermal vias. If you do use thermal vias, you may need to increase the amount of paste needed, but not by much. 50% will be a good start. After re
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 09 10:16:14 EDT 2007 | davef
Pick and place: * Fuji: The largest pcb size is 20" by 18" for pick and place; 18"x14" for chip shooters. Fuji NP XL series allows 27 by 23 inch boards using a conveyor. * MYDATA has machines that can be configured to 34" X 44" X 0.500" * HSP 4796A a
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 18 09:16:51 EDT 2007 | Cecil
We currently have an assembly that we have to mask the surface of several (24)SMT components where thermal compound is applied at a latter operation. These component packages vary from BGA's to QFP's. After the thermal compound is applied the PWA is
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 11:59:21 EDT 2007 | hussman
Phil is wrong. In the real world, we know that part mfgers have not changed every one of their parts to make them "high temp". They just changed the plating. Anyone who thinks otherwise, has never run a profile or touched a warm board coming out o
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 28 08:37:52 EDT 2007 | davef
There is no good choice. Board Finishes: Industrial/Battelle Class 3 Environment [Reliability Knowledge Gaps: For use of Pb-free solders in High Reliability Applications, J Smetana, iNEMI Availability of SnPb-Compatible BGAs Workshop, March 1, 2007,
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 12:41:20 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel
Yes dendrites can cause electrical shorts. The first stage of dendritic growth is a dark fern like pattern which reduce surface insulation between anode and cathode. In a more advanced stage the ferns transfer the plating metals of the conductors and
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 29 14:58:35 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Here is a useful website that defines Cpk: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section1/pmc16.htm For placement equipment, the manufacturers typically give you a glass plate, where the intent is to measure how far off the centroid you are
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 13 16:37:48 EDT 2008 | darburch
The only time the customer is going to care about the standards is when it costs them money. Unsophisticated customers will continue the practice of providing little or no useful information, poorly designed boards and ridiculous mods until there is
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 26 12:15:11 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Hi all, I wanted to share this with y�all, because it�s informative on what is to come but at the same time hilarious. ******************************************************** From Dr. Craig Hillman (DfR Solutions) RoHS 2 Moves Forward (Run For Yo
