Electronics Forum | Fri May 15 21:39:48 EDT 2015 | jlawson
Reflow.. 1.Rehm (Germany) - Best in Class Best overall process stability heating system ( Alot of makers have started to copy there VX heating arrangement ). COnveyor chains can be a bit more attention in terms of maintenance on rehm , but if foll
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 13 11:29:39 EST 2020 | rlising
We are planning on installing an SMT Line in our building. We own 75% of the building, there is a crossfit gym next door and they tend to drop weights where we can feel the vibration. Should we be concerned with the SMT Line being set up on that end
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 17 12:25:56 EST 2006 | Cmiller
Pete C, this forum has no value if people do not share thier real world experience. We can all do research on our own. We can all make bad decisions or good decisions based on that research because most of the data we have access to comes from the pe
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 21:01:21 EDT 2000 | Stefan Witte
I forgot to mention the mass placement machine from Nitto. The Nitto machine places all components out of bulkfeeders. Plastic tubes are routed above the feeders pick position and into cavities of a template. The template is made for the pattern of t
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 14:16:40 EDT 2003 | MikeF
We need more information to give you a good answer. Is this a leaded part (axial or radial) or smt? How big is the part, how much weight per lead? What is the end use environment, will it see any vibration? or temperature extremes? Some general com
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 25 09:40:31 EST 1998 | Doug Romm
Steve, TI does not produce any SOTs using Palladium finish leadframes. I would certainly be interested to know who is. Also, your observations are correct: In TI experience the mechanical strength of the solder joints with Pd finish ICs is alw
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 29 20:19:44 EST 2001 | davef
DON'T do it!!! The two problems you'll have are: 1 Poor manufacturing process control, resulting in weak solder connections. 2 Weak solder connections are stressed, when the board is straightened upon installation in the "box". There's several hits
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 11:34:39 EDT 2002 | Yannick
Hi, You can go to http:\\www.circuitree.com they had a supplement with the april issue of the magazine with a very good article on 4 board finish, if you are able to find it on the web site you will find all your anwser and more :)The article name
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 23 08:17:46 EDT 2009 | kpm135
I've run into mysterious light curtain errors before and what was happening was when the head moved across the top of the components one of the clear tape covers would flutter up and trigger the curtain then it would settle back down on top of the ta
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 01 16:09:38 EDT 2022 | kamedatec
The machine had the Auto Tray installed but was removed to put here in the company because the machine was bigger than my elevator. The owner told me it was working, which made me waste time testing all possible settings, electronic cards and cables.