Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 17 16:09:18 EDT 2002 | Hamish
Has anyone had trouble with SMD machine placing of SC-79 (approx 0402) varicaps (infineon, alpha, philips)? Using the recommended pads from Infineon I am struggling to get the component to place flat on the PCB and the pins to wet properly every time
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 17 08:46:59 EST 2002 | Randy Villeneuve
Personaly I would try a different solder paste. Give Indium a call and get a sample of their SMQ92J No clean. You will be impressed. Alpha and Kester also have good products but we have a long history with this paste and we have printed millions of b
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 26 03:43:40 EST 2003 | alwil
We use an alpha metal stencil cleaner and was curious to find out what types of solvents and cleaners were used out there. It takes about 350-400 litres of fluid. I would be interested if there is something water based we could use. What types of ste
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 21 09:01:38 EDT 2003 | russ
Wave solder - Initially high cost but after that it is relatively cheap. Selective soldering with a solder pot such as the Air-Vac PCBRM models - Much lower cost than wave but if you get the right nozzles it is a great process. Solder preforms - s
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 09:41:55 EDT 2003 | caldon
You may want to contact Cookson Electronics as they are leading the surge on "LEAD FREE" You may want to post your question to Chyrs Shea at Alpha Metals (Cookson). cshea@cooksonelectronics.com She should be able to field your question and put you i
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 15 17:32:08 EST 2004 | brian bennett
i have always found any of the alcohol based solvents good.here in the uk we use the alpha make.with screen auto wipes i found the set up to be most important.i.e how many pcb's printed before wiping.i found running pcbs with bga and .50 pitch compo
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 27 13:20:47 EDT 2004 | DavidB
We are producing boards with Alpha 591S RMA No-Clean paste and are coating after SMC with Dow silicone ( toluene solvent based) conformal coating. We have experienced several failures due to soft shorts ( electrochemical migration?) We have also obse
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 07 05:16:12 EST 2004 | kanwal324
We are using solder paste of Alpha Metals 390DH4. As per manufacturer guidelines the viscosity of paste after 1/2 hr. conditioning and after mixing in paste mixer,it shoule be between 800-1250KCP. Our customer is asking for viscosity to be maintained
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 15 08:15:10 EST 2004 | pjc
UP78 is an old product. Data sheets are no longer posted on the web site. OM-5100 is the replacement. Try calling tech support and they should e-mail you the UP78 data sheet that will show the profile curve. Jersey City, NJ Tel: 201-434-6778 http://
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 27 13:42:44 EST 2005 | pmdeuel
So true, We had paste flux supplied to us from Alpha metals. It was the same as used in the solder paste. The major problem we noted was the in ability to control the ratio of paste to flux resulting in lots of voids. When we mixed enough to get the
