Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:31:26 EST 2005 | Greg
QC --> Touch-up --> QC --> Assembly After SMT all PWB goes to QC, QC Inspects and marks all that needs rework then PWB's goes to Touch-up to fix what QC marked for rework. After that All reworked boards goes to QC for another verification and stampi
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 23 06:51:36 EDT 2000 | fastech6
I have a problem with solder getting into exposed gold pads. What is the best rework procedure for removing the solder and restoring the gold condition of the pad? At the moment, we are also covering the gold pad with kapton tape prior to solder
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:43:59 EST 2005 | Rob
Hi Greg, Is anyone logging the errors at QC/touch up stage so they can feed them straight back to SMT and fix them? (i.e. skipped components, poor paste coverage etc) Obviously the faster you spot an error the cheaper it will be for you. Cheers,
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 22:24:10 EDT 2002 | Por
Thanks for your advise Normally, We do not add any liquid flux (clean or No-clean) during touch up process but this case is an error. Lonco 23F is Nc flux. but our board is clean. However, there are 6 boards that found the white residue and our
Electronics Forum | Thu May 23 13:24:14 EDT 2013 | rgduval
We agree that it looks like a touch-up process. However, we're not certain that it would meet Class 3 requirements. It appears to be an incomplete solder joint. The outer bit of solder shows voiding to the inside bit of the solder joint, and it lo
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 03 11:23:50 EST 2005 | Slow Ride
Generally QC is a different deptpartment than touch-up people. Most touch-up people are just general operators, so to keep their job they always see the solder joint as "not enough". Q.C. people are generally a bit better, but know they may be call
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 06 17:39:15 EST 2005 | Darby
1st law of Surface Mount. You WILL run out of parts on the last board going through before a long weekend. 2nd law of Surface Mount. Touchies WILL touch. I'm with Russ and Rob. Touch up is EVIL and should only be tolerated in exceptional circumst
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 26 13:31:05 EDT 2004 | Dreamsniper
Hi, I always caught our touch-up operators cleaning touched up boards improperly. Either by just wiping with lint free clothe the solder joints of the components after touch up or by just going behind the aqeuous cleaner and scooping some water then
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:50:32 EST 2005 | pr
I think the 1st option would be the best. I have found that a touch up person WILL TOUCH UP SOMETHING, regardless of the electrical needs of the board. This leads to a lot of unnecessary rework of joints. I would hope QC is tracking the defects and t
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 03 11:49:23 EST 2005 | Rob
Doesn't that depend on your company's culture & management style? We (and I feel slightly dirty using this word)empowered our end of line inspection/touch up people & trained them to know what is good or bad - so issues can be immediately fed back,
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