Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 09:26:43 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| | | Hey MoonMan, | | | | | | Did I catch in one of your fabulous threads that you're using Tetra stencils? I'm anxious to find out how you're liking them. | | | | | | We we're all set up to go to Tetras, then mgt decided to close down our factor
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 30 23:39:25 EST 2000 | John Litva
I'm hoping someone on this forum can ID this component. This is a Piccolo board used in an 8 ounce micro electric helicopter. This board has (2) 5 amp speed controls and a single rate piezo gyro to stabilize the helicopter in flight. My father's P
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 07 10:25:19 EST 2000 | Thomas Ballhausen
Thank you for your kind contribution and efforts in helping me. I just found out we have been talking different units; my microns were micro meter ...? So, let me get things right now: the substrate supplier confirmed the following data: Cu foil +
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 01 12:19:42 EST 2000 | Fraser
Steve, someone somewhere is feeding you a line!! if you increase the draft angle from || to / \ on your laser cut stencil you increase the surface area of the side wall and hence increase the likelyhood of the paste sticking in the aperture. Whats m
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 14:19:26 EDT 2000 | Bill Schreiber
There are two primary causes of epoxy adhesive bond failure, heat and over exposure to moisture. Ultrasonic cavitation is a only a mechanical "scrubbing" action on a microscopic level. However, if the adhesive bond is week or has small areas of det
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 03 18:17:12 EST 1999 | Dave F
Dave: There's lots of stuff on the web describing BGAs. Examples are: http://www.smtnet.com/bookstore/publications/0speckdo1/s1.html http://www.smtnet.com/bookstore/publications/0shutcco1/ch1p2.html http://www.citizen-america.com/OEM/bga/process
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 22 21:35:54 EDT 1999 | se
It's IIT, not ITT. DEK in the UK also uses a tensioning frame, but I don't know of any suppliers in the US. As a stencil vendor without a quick mount/re-usable frame to sell, I can say that I have not heard many complaints regarding print quality o
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 18:30:22 EDT 1999 | jason gray
| | Hopefully, everybody suffers from solderability of SOT-23 devices and I would like to know how everybody else resolves this problem. | | Historically, here, we have always gone for 6 thou stencils. I found that going to an 8 thou stencil improved
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 20 17:46:21 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| I've had some trouble pasting a test board for a MicroBGA trial. Most of the paste remains in the stencil apertures. | The stencil is 6 mil thick, laser cut and electo-polished. | The apertures are 12 mil in diameter with 20 mil pitch. | We are usi
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 14 10:25:37 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| I'm hoping to use 0201 caps and resistors in a new design but so far have only found one company who makes such small devices (Murato). | | Can anyone direct me to any other supplier? | | Are there any particular problems associated with using s
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