Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 22:03:14 EST 2004 | Ken
In 2001 I assisted the shutdown of two of our company facilities. Very sad day. The equipment distribution was about 75% Chinese the remaining went to Mexico (we were a multi-national CM). I find it amusing that the Mexicans are worried about thei
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 20 08:54:28 EST 2004 | Primus
As I said, I'm new, and I've never seen the adhesive dot method. I'm certian our company will stick with paste, though, because we make our own boards (with a vertical plater no less!!!) and contamination is quite an issue. We do a fair amount of rew
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 11:53:47 EST 2004 | Dreamsniper
Thanks Dave...it's such a good site for reworking BGA's (reballing). But what about when it comes to re-attaching the BGA onto the PCB? We are using Flextac Stencils but I found out that the apertures of their stencil is bigger than our pads for the
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 15 12:37:37 EDT 2006 | Doug at AccuAssembly
I wanted to update some information on BarTector posted earlier. Brock Electronics stopped handling the BarTector product in Jan 2006. Our company, AccuAssembly, currently manufactures, sells and supports BarTector. For more information on what Bar
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 07 08:28:41 EDT 2004 | Dougie
Hi, We are Scottish manufacturing company considering a move to Immersion Silver finished PWB's from HASL. The driver behind it being the RoHS and WEEE legislation in Europe at present. My question is... We plan on using a Sn/Cu/Ni solder bar in o
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 07 08:30:22 EDT 2004 | Dougie
Hi, We are Scottish manufacturing company considering a move to Immersion Silver finished PWB's from HASL. The driver behind it being the RoHS and WEEE legislation in Europe at present. My question is... We plan on using a Sn/Cu/Ni solder bar in o
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 30 18:44:24 EDT 2004 | RicardoF
well, it seems that's a question very similar to previuos ones: - High Mix Low - Volume Line? - High Runner Line? - Will you consider operating costs? - Are you in a small/medium/big company so you can negotiate support, spares,etc - Have you checked
Electronics Forum | Thu May 06 13:25:50 EDT 2004 | fmonette
Hi Gaz, Your customer recommendations seem to be a little bit outdated relative to the most recent industry standard. If you are interested I can send you an MSD Audit checklist that will help you assess your level of compliance. I can also answe
Electronics Forum | Fri May 14 15:41:25 EDT 2004 | pjc
The following some leading companies that supply in-line and batch type cleaners: http://www.speedlinetech.com/electrovert/index.aspx http://www.trekindustries.com/index.html http://www.aat-corp.com/ http://www.technicaldev.com/nuclean.html Some
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 09:49:40 EDT 2004 | Rob
Seems we both have something in common. My company used to issue each person a toolbox with solder pumps, cutters, pliers and the good stuff. But we can never keep them in the boxes. They tend to walk away after a few uses. There's nothing you can do
