Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 21 13:54:19 EST 2005 | JF
Many companies don't think of the importance of the maintenance in the machines. I proved to my Boss that following the proper maintenance we were able to get more out of the machines, he did not do maintenance for 2 years till I came to this place a
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 14 07:27:34 EST 2005 | chunks
"find yourself a good stencil manufacturer its there job really just tell them what machine you have and they should do the rest." I have to dissagree with this last statement on so many levels. There's a reason why it's called engineering. Plus,
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 08 16:08:25 EST 2005 | fastek
If you are happy with DEK I would stick with that. I'd look at an ELA or a Horizon model 03...which is their stripped down Horizon version. You can buy a new one of those in the $60K range...used obviously less. The only other vendor I would look a
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 23 16:17:05 EST 2005 | Cmiller
What kind of volume and what kind of complexity? I know a few lead wire houses that are low cost and do a good job. We do a lot of cables. We dont do harnesses. Most of this type of work has gone to Mexico. Give me a better idea of your requirements
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 04 09:54:39 EDT 2008 | redtiger56
We have been seeing continued difficulty with solder shorts and/or insufficient barrel fill with our Juki selective solder machine while using SAC305. We want to switch to something in the SN100 series, but we do not know enough to seperate the hype
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 04 11:19:30 EST 2006 | DannyJ
Amol, Glad to help. We're experiencing the same thing with a bunch of our customers... Someone reads one paper and they are automatically an expert on the subject... Your 8 zone oven should definitely be more than adequate. Just make sure and pa
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 06 08:43:20 EST 2006 | pjc
Yes, that's why wiper system metal material has been changed to stainless steel. There is an approved solvent list on the Speedline Tech web site. Go to: http://www.speedlinetech.com/news_publications/application-notes.aspx?OnId=5 Then go down to
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 06 17:20:47 EST 2006 | davef
Mike You get what you ask for. We ask for 0.001 inch minimum. If your supplier's published process range allows thickness below 0.001 inch minimum, you need to define your own acceptance criterion. We don't use average measurements in lot inspect
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 13 05:12:52 EST 2006 | Rob
As long as you trust that the component vendor is honest & diligent (possibly add this to your vendor rating criterea?) In the UK we have a 'RoHS Trusted' Kitemark from the British Standards institute that distributors can apply for to show this. I
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 16 09:15:40 EST 2006 | russ
I can't see why it would be any different, You are melting the balls into reflow to the pad. In my opinion, paste is only useful in this situation to keep the part on the board during placement along with some planarity concerns in some instances.
