Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 27 21:28:42 EDT 2002 | davef
You're correct that the Ni/Pd termination seems to have something to do with you solder balling. It could be related to the interaction between your paste and the Pd. I assume these are really 'fines' rather than 'balls'. Things that come to mind a
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 02 16:04:08 EDT 2002 | russ
We normally disregard what the "tech" sheets say. A lot of it has to do with your printer settings, prints per hour, placement time, stencil cleaning procedures etc... Just another wrench to throw in, We have noticed lot to lot paste differences al
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 11 21:41:57 EDT 2002 | lysik
No company can deny service to any company that has a machine. If they require a company to register a used machine to get support any company can register it. Weather they are a user or reseller. The big three have looked into this with much time ,
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 15:09:52 EDT 2002 | larryk
I have found that it all depends on your leadtime. I've found that tube and tray are easier to get then taper nad reel. I figure it has to do more with the vender. It's much easier to sell small quantites (ie tubes) then to try and sell a huge reel o
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 17 11:52:54 EDT 2002 | tmarc
Hello all, I have a question about OSP. The solder mask over traces leading to SMT pads, in some instances, does not cover all the way to the pad. Of course the stencil apertures do not include traces. After the SMT and reflow process, there is visib
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 13:55:29 EDT 2002 | slthomas
Greg, So you mean that on a Class II board with 6000 connections (in our case, the board has about 1800 parts) you would average somewhere in the neighborhood of 540 connections touched up? My gawd, man, what are you building? We'd have to hire ab
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 12:36:28 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
would appreciate any help for a reference to a maintenance engineer/ programmer to help us revive KME CM 82-C LE, May 1993. apparently the computer has lost the main program. We are located in Fremont, CA. Thanks in advance for any help. yeah, yeah,
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 20 09:02:04 EDT 2002 | davef
Probably 2) what is this white residue material (chemically )? => Natural or synthetic rosin 3) Can Saponifier wash, helps? If not what is the best solution to remedy this white residue. => Probably a saponifier will work. Some NC flux residues
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 11:51:28 EDT 2002 | philclegg
Has anyone had experience using Copper Passivate coated PWB's, our supplier calls them "flux coated" but as it's an Organic finish is it handled the same as Entek and where can I get details about it?. I have used Entek CU56 & Entek Plus coated PWB's
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 23 07:47:10 EDT 2002 | John S
We have a RAD5 and RAD 8, both of which have the Expanded Range Verifier. Has anyone had success verifying the correct value of electrolytic caps? Our machine stops several times a day for a false failure, and Universal isn't much help. Thanks John