Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 17:26:03 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Hello Christopher You should do just fine without vacuum evacuation of the bag. Just squeeze out any excess air. Just be sure that you use active desiccant (I.E. fresh or baked). This assumes normal environmentals. I suggest that you download the
Electronics Forum | Wed May 17 13:33:32 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Absolutely Mike Lets take that one step further and say that almost anything that you use to clean up with will from then on be considered hazardous waste. Wiping rags/pads, the previously mentioned vacuum bags/filters, the piece of cardboard that yo
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 22 08:31:42 EST 2006 | davef
Q1 Are there any standard regulating the subject? Very few infos found on IPC. A1 We�re unaware of standards for packing and storage for most types of boards. * IPC 4553 standard for Immersion Silver Finish, 3.8 Packing and Storage. * J-STD-033 and E
Electronics Forum | Mon May 16 15:53:17 EDT 2005 | adrian_nishimoto
This has been a problem with new components coming directly from vacuum sealed desiccant packed moisture barrier bags with moisture level cards. We have also baked all boards prior to the BGA rework to ensure no moisture issues were addressed.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 23:17:22 EDT 2003 | Hoss
Mike, Any chance these parts have been sitting around esposed to your factory's ambient conditions, not in a vacuum sealed bag or dry box? If they haven't, you may have parts with a high moisture content which could cause "potato chipping" you desc
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 23 15:43:24 EDT 2001 | mparker
Have you considered vacuum package in ESD bags, just like the way the IC's are packaged? What about conformal coating for the units being stored? 10 years is a long time for End of Service life of a product. You may need to get accelerated life testi
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 01 10:06:51 EST 1999 | Chris Fontaine
All of our moisture sensitive components are shipped to us in vacuum sealed, desiccated bags with a moisture indicator. When the parts are removed from the bag (this is done at either SMT setup, or in the stockroom) the indicator is checked. If it
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 09 21:31:07 EDT 1998 | Dave F
There's a company out the that makes air sleds for moving equipment around. Air sleds are heavy duty plastic plastic bags with lots of little holes in the under-side. The bag is positioned under the equipment. A vacuum cleaner, hooked-up backwards
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 18:36:48 EDT 2010 | rway
We don't use flex pcbs but have the same issue here. Most of our pcbs are HASL finish. I have looked at silver and gold immersion and both look really good under my color camera on my AOI. However, gold is more pricey. There is no additional cost
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 13:35:51 EDT 2003 | fmonette
Hi Jason, Welcome back to SMTnet. I just wanted to clarify one important detail relative to dry packing Moisture Sensitive Devices. Contrary to popular belief, it not necessary to use vacuum when sealing Moisure Barrier Bags. A simple heat seal w
