Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 29 13:13:32 EDT 2001 | Brian W.
What workmanship standard are you working to? The IPC book has an allowance for boards with heatsinks or thermal masses that allow less than 75% barrel fill on through hole parts. I would suggest that you check your board layers and determine if yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 06 18:21:24 EDT 2001 | davef
Maybe someone else can help, like: http://www.ceeris.com/efficiency.htm. Check with the following SMTnetters: * Steve Gregory. He posted a thread within the past week or so on solderability testing. He used to work at a memory module manufacturer
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 11 20:19:13 EDT 2001 | davef
Can�t comment on the Volumetric LSM [although a little voice makes me want to say: someone commented positively on it in an earlier thread. Check the fine SMTnet archives]. The 300 LSM is expensive and has a lousy gauge R&R, but other than that, it
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 24 14:00:08 EDT 2001 | Steve Schrader
Greg, Yes, I did my tour of duty. Is your boss back from Bermuda yet? If so, tell her to check her email! Thanks. BTW, there could be a benefit to moving parts, but that would be dictated by your ability/inability to achieve a proper reflow prof
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 10 03:58:39 EDT 2001 | welsh
Hello Mike, There is a software availible that can control the machines you have and are looking to buy, It can also perform line balancing, it has also has many other features. check out their website for more information. http://www.timmsweb.com
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 30 21:07:35 EDT 2001 | davef
So, yer loosing parts between place and reflow? That would seem to say yer: * Paste has lost tackiness [check the fine SMTnet Archives for a sample test.]. * Really not placing the parts that you think yer placing. * Knocking the parts out of place
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 18:29:03 EST 2000 | Roland
Gary, You may have luck by posting this info in our PCB Capital Equipment Mart-wanted section. The Mart also contains a large listing of equipment. Please also take note that we have a few used equipment dealers as advertisers whom you may want to
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 06:54:19 EST 2000 | Roni H.
Hi, Does anyone have experience with gold over nickel (electroless) PCB finish: - Repeatble quality from PCB mfg. (very "painfull" with ENTEK). - Environment condition sensitivity. - Thermal processes sensitivity. - Solderability (Reflow & wave). -
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 23 09:07:07 EST 2000 | M Cox
Robert 1st Short term, let us know what type of machine you are running. Maybe somebody out here has a trick to get you buy. 2nd Long term, check the pocket dimensions against VS what the manufacturer of the part says it should be. Drive correctiv
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 10:24:43 EST 2000 | Clifford Peaslee
Hello SMTneters, We have just put up a new upgrade/overhaul of the site. Check out the news release for details. Since there are numerous changes throughout the site, please report any errors that occur, so that we can repair them immediately. Any
