Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 28 16:03:45 EDT 1998 | Bill West
| | We are having a lot of problems with the Line Computer Speed on our Siemens Siplace Line. This seems to be a common problem when many different jobs, partnumbers, and package forms are stored on the line computer. | | Please let me know if you a
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 06 13:09:37 EDT 1998 | Ben Salisbury
| Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not ele
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 27 13:54:25 EDT 1998 | Ted
| | | | I was wondering how successful industry has been in quantifying relationships between defects rates of particular solder problems (like bridging, opens,..) and PCA design parameters (like spacing, part orientation, pad dimensions, ...). For
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 14 15:21:28 EDT 1998 | Brian Conner
| We are wave soldering a board having 24 similar thru hole connectors on it, using a wave soldering pallet. The problem is that one particular pin of connector in around 6-9 connectors get excess solder on the bottom side. I have tried all the par
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 01 10:49:01 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
I'm having a problem getting good reflow on gold sufaced boards. The profile looks good and I have adjusted it both hotter and colder and adjusted the various times ( soak, reflow ) to no avail. What realy gets me Is that a month ago we built some go
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 16 20:37:11 EDT 1998 | Ben Salisbury
heh... I've run into an unusual problem with my CP2. I am able to pull up all the productiona data off the machine except for the qty of parts errored or junked. I've already compared all the proper data with a function CP2 and everything matches up
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 02 12:58:07 EDT 1998 | Michael Allen
"...the part is aligned to the pads with in 10% before going into the IR oven." Sounds like the pad pitch might be okay (?). If that's not the problem, then what? I wish I had the answer, because I've struggled with heavy QFPs for some time now (2
Electronics Forum | Wed May 20 20:16:29 EDT 1998 | D. Lange
| We notice that DI water seems to tarnish or discolor the metal packaging on crystals and DIN connectors. Our marketing types like the shiney metal surfaces. We don't want to hand solder these parts after washing. | Any suggestions? | Dave F Dave,
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 21 10:30:52 EDT 1998 | Mario
I agree with Wayne perhars it is even helpfull to have the reps see our problems, and I think it is not worst then seing an add for SIEMENS every time I log on! | | | Should this Forum be used for unsolicited sales | | pitches by new and used equip
Electronics Forum | Thu May 25 04:27:16 EDT 2000 | Bernhard Mulitze
The experience I made is, that the biggest problem is not the equipment itself. The biggest problem is that you have to change your way of thinking and working if you buy a new machine system. The concept of siemens is totally different to a chipshoo
