Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 31 07:49:38 EST 2008 | cyber_wolf
"What do I Really Need" is a subjective question.It all depends on who you ask. I have been in small mom and pop shops that were running BGA's and they were doing some scary stuff.(I wont go into details) In order to put a correct process together y
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 31 15:13:20 EST 2008 | chef
You will need to develop your reflow profile which includes drilling a hole through the fab and into the ball for accurate temp measure. During profile/process development you will probably want 3D x-ray (consider contracting that out). Once in prod
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 15:14:31 EDT 2008 | samir
Dean, thanks for schooling me on this. I talked to an industry collegue whom I met at APEX, and it was he who had told me of the IAg "rework issue." Basically, he told me that they had field failures on QFPs that were a direct result of trying to "
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 09:11:17 EDT 2008 | rway
I had someone suggest that they weren't really necessary >as long as your process is good. Is this just a way to >help you keep an eye on your process? >I was thinking, as we set up our line, our money would be >more well spent with controlling the
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 07:38:42 EDT 2008 | davef
Warpage typically (not always) kinda, sorta points to a fabrication bake induced issue that is the racking technique & may be relieved by "flat baking" under weight. Your baking at 125* won't do dip. You need to get the laminate temperature above it'
Electronics Forum | Fri May 02 16:20:35 EDT 2008 | rwyman
We've never, to my knowledge, sent out Pb-free BGAs to be reballed for use on an SnPb assembly. In fact, we developed an in-house reballing process and we haven't felt the need to do that either (for salvaging an occasional reworked part, maybe).
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 18:26:50 EDT 2008 | jmelson
I am partial to Weller for the small rework irons. I use both the WSL with WMP (current model) and some older EC1302 irons with their power supply (I forget the model, but the one with analog setting knob and digital temp readout). I actually prefe
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 17:08:53 EDT 2008 | wayne123
I have looked at the JBC irons several months ago, and we will be getting a few of them for the people that do rework all day long, but for the general user around here all they are doing is touch-up and 500 bucks for an Iron for 50 people is a littl
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 15 15:34:17 EST 2008 | dyoungquist
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I got pulled off onto other projects and was not able to work on the solution to the problen until recently. The solution we have come up with is to change from no-clean flux based solder paste to water sol
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 12:52:04 EDT 2008 | circleprime
I have recently started to use RMA flux (customer requirement) for some of our projects. I am finding that some of my BGAs are slightly off. Not enough to be rejected but enough to cause concern. In the past I have been able to rely on the surface te
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