Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 24 18:48:23 EDT 2005 | GS
Thanks Gents for your replies, first of all I am not involved in production or sale of those tools. It was just a discussion during one of those so many "panic full" work shops / symposiums on WEEE and ROHS matter organized by material or SMT equip
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 01 07:32:33 EST 2006 | davef
What you have run up against is the unfortunate consequence of the transition period from Sn-Pb to Pb-free. In the past 2-3 years there have been several studies highlighting the differences in reliability between mixed metal systems, Sn/Pb, and SAC
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 16 09:30:38 EST 2007 | DEK Answer Guy
Hello PR, PumpPrint� technologies enable high throughput adhesive deposition using a screen printing platform. Careful selection of stencil material, and informed study of the design of apertures and other stencil features, enables a wide range of
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 03 10:41:57 EDT 2011 | patrickbruneel
Some of us here attended the 5th CALCE international symposium on tin whiskers http://www.calce.umd.edu/symposiums/ISTW2011.htm where one of my former professors, Dr. Henning Leidecker, talked about the tin whiskers he and the others at NASA Godda
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 15:36:27 EDT 2019 | davef
Josh, are you setting someone up with these questions? Answers to your questions related to the subject line follow: Q1. Does the Epoxy Solder Mask Layer of a PCB protect against moisture absorption? Is this a primary function of the solder mask?
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 20:34:17 EST 2007 | davef
DAVE�S BOOKSHELF ASSEMBLER�S ESSENTIALS Title: Soldering in ElectronicsAuthor: RJ Klein WassinkPublisher: Electrochemical PublicationsISBN: 090115024XPublication date: December 1989 I know, I know. The book was written in 1989!!!! I use this b
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 09 10:19:24 EST 2000 | Ashok Dhawan
I have a question (s) on ESD- all related to use of wood in a typical PCB Assembly line: 1. How a wooden mini stool if used for holding tote box ( card board with static protecive coat, black color) can affect static sensitive devices inside the tot
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 20:25:17 EST 2000 | Chris Wallace
Like all who post messages here, I'm looking for a little bit (well, maybe a lot of bit) of help. We're currently going through a redesign of a board which will utilize several FPGAs. The manufacturer (Xilinx) recommends using solder mask defined p
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 14 21:28:22 EST 2000 | Dave F
Tobacco smoke is made up of "sidestream smoke" from the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream smoke" from the filter or mouth end. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of different chemicals which are released into the air as particles and gases.
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 14:12:50 EST 2000 | Jim M.
My company currently uses water soluble paste for our SMT process. We were having trouble retaining hot water in our in line, closed loop DI cleaner. The cleaner kept shutting down when the water temp. dropped below 125C. As a result, the conveyor