Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 11:28:27 EDT 2004 | grayman
do you mean the parts like capacitor or solder paste/solder bar. If you mean solder paste/solder bar, yes you'll have big trouble. Why? because LF solder paste/solder bar has high melting point and different composition. However if parts like capac
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 08:08:50 EDT 2004 | davef
Habba: Here is a thread from the fine SMTnet Archives from a couple of weeks ago, where we spoke about the topic of mixed lead-free solder with components that have lead-bearing solderability protection: http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 09:49:54 EDT 2004 | davef
Armin Habba could be considering a situation where: after they convert to no-lead they receive components with lead-bearing solderability protection from their component supplier. This could happen when: * Supplier has not converted to no-lead. * O
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 01 16:12:00 EDT 2004 | palmerg
As long as they're good. Have you guys had any free "help" from so called engineers that turned into a costly waste of time (both in resources and line down). I have heard some real horror stories from former co-workers. I haven't heard this about th
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 01 16:21:15 EDT 2004 | sarah104
I second that one Glenn. I have had really solid support from my paste company. Our guy is Kevin with Aimsolder. He is quick to respond and very knowledgable. We used a cheaper paste a while back, but never ever got any support. I wont make that mist
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 26 21:41:36 EDT 2004 | mark_h
Hi All Thanks for your interesting replies :) At this stage I feel that we are leaning towards a second hand DEK 265 GSX vs a new EKRA E4 or X4, and with the saving made we will get it well refurbish and add a board loader, and hopefully a proflow
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 01 13:14:10 EDT 2004 | dorklover664
The MPM's are the Yugo's. You can fix anything on it with duck tape and a rubber band. I would go with the DEK. They are user friendly and reliable. Just make sure that if you are running double-sided boards to look into good push-up pins. They have
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 24 04:57:22 EDT 2004 | FengAng
So many people have concerns on the MSD(moisture sensitive device), but I want to know if anybody can SHARE me some information about the TSD(temperature sensitive device). And I think there are also a lot of knowledges need us to learn. In my opini
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 24 14:05:06 EDT 2004 | jsloot
Is there anyone using a QUAD QSA-30? I am experiencing problems with the Y axis drifting in the positive direction. This can occur anytime from a few minutes to several hours after the problem has been fixed. Fixed means recreating a program from scr
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 10:49:51 EDT 2004 | marc
Gary Getting the specs for a used machine will be tough from Ersa but at least send them a note, the seller should also be able to get the info for you. In regards a 5 zone system. I would suggest at least 7+ zones if your moving to lead free.