Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 18 15:24:17 EST 2000 | Dean
Fitness-for-use is a very important aspect of a squeegee. The most delicate and important element of the squeegee is the blade. Regardless of how you store 'em protect the blades! I know MPM has blade covers bud don't know about DEK. I'm sure they
Electronics Forum | Mon May 21 03:20:16 EDT 2001 | Abbas Izad
you can use IPC and Compact PCI standards for guideline then it depends on what kind of connector you want to pressfit. each supplier has its own design on pressfit pins like "needle eye", "baby H" etc... It is also importand to use proper equipement
Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 15:57:15 EDT 2001 | robert
you should be able to get the force requirements from the connector manufacturer. Both the minimum and maximum forces used in the pressing cycle should be recorded to know the connector is properly seated without excessive force that can damage the
Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 12:59:09 EDT 2001 | rwilliams
I would like to know peoples' thoughts on measuring solder paste height. I am having difficulty fully understanding its value. Is it better suited to a production environment, or more of a lab environment? Our screen printers are not fitted with on-
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 18 19:22:38 EDT 2001 | Gil Zweig
Dave; See my answer to "Alternate to X-ray" The combination of endoscope optical inspection with x-ray inspection provides the most effective means of BGA inspection. Transmission x-ray provides a very rapid means of qualifying then process control o
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 20 10:47:57 EST 2000 | Chad Notebaert
There are several ways to do this, if you are doing large volumes the best way is to use Titanium Finger Masks. You can have them custum made or if you are lucky one of the standard sizes will fit. They slide over the fingers to protect them through
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 12:41:56 EST 1999 | Kris W
Glen, Although the previous answers probably fit the problem you are having, we recently found that during pin insertion on an Autosplice machine, the gold was flaking from the pins and lodging between the legs of surface mount components. It would
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 24 09:45:54 EST 1999 | Boca
We have been using TA permalex blades for year, they work great! They will even work with you on custom designed blades to fit custom blade holders. If you're having trouble with solder paste sticking to the blades contact the vendor for some solut
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 17 12:12:30 EST 1999 | Wendy Casker
Well, I was using a quad QSV-1 for boards this size. Not the fastest, but it was able to handle the large boards in a pass through machine. Keep in mind the board thickness, as well. Anything over 0.2" will not fit in the clamps of the conveyors.
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 25 19:29:12 EDT 1999 | g cronin
hi mario there is a company called motion automated that makes a nifty press, i have one in my shop that i have used for a while. well built and they have been able to make me custom tooling as well at reasonable prices. i'm going to try to dig u