Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 15:06:05 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Guys & Gals, | | I am at present instigating a formal method of recording and tracking any "process" trials that we may wish to run, such as a new paste, different packaged device etc; | | I started with a simple form.....too simple, but now I th
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 12:06:29 EDT 1999 | Scott S. Snider
| | | Hi, | | | | | | Can someone pls suggest to me the best reflow temperature setting | | | for a force air convection oven. The details is as follow. | | | 1) Heller 1700s | | | 2) 12 zone---6 top and 6 bot | | | 3) Solder paste --- Qualitek 691
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 04 12:35:15 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | | | I have been asked to supply a maximum shelf life for our assemblied PCB's. I realise this is dependent on so many factors- temperature, humidity, no of layers etc. But does anyone have a formulae for calculating shelf life, or does anyone kno
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 08 19:32:52 EDT 1999 | Tom Reilly
FYI, Yes, it is true SMT Plus [ http://www.smtplus.com/ ]does not meet IPC 782 standards but is that the goal here or to meet IPC-A-610 standards for manufacturing? I agree that patterns do cause some problems if created to maximum IPC standards but
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 14 15:10:14 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Hi Folks. Has any Process Engineer here done a complete evaluation or controlled experiment for VOC-FREE Flux? Our goal here at CEBUKid, Inc. is to implement a VOC-FREE process. We have all the necessary (OPTIFLUX) spray equipment, and we're c
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 14 08:27:26 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | We suffered our first blood letting because of razor sharp edge clamps (DEK 265LT) and operator giving it the finger. While positioning magnetic tooling pins, one of our best slipped and really sliced off a part of his main digit. This will i
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 14 15:33:48 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| | | | | We suffered our first blood letting because of razor sharp edge clamps (DEK 265LT) and operator giving it the finger. While positioning magnetic tooling pins, one of our best slipped and really sliced off a part of his main digit. This will
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 11:50:23 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | We had some failures on an IC package that the manufacturer has put down to moisture inside the package, leading to popcorning. | | | This seems a bit odd, the package is a PLCC 84 which is quite thick. I have only seen this problem on thin pac
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 11:14:45 EDT 2002 | Jim M.
We had lots of problems with bridging on 15.8mm pitch, QFP17-160 at the start.The board was .032 thick, double sided-six boards to a panel. Here is the problems (not neccessarily in the biggest to little but as i remember them) and solutions that he
Electronics Forum | Fri May 09 09:09:22 EDT 2003 | fmonette
Phil, here is why "dry cabinet storage may not stop the clock" : The moisture diffusion inside a component is actually quite complex. When previously exposed components are returned to dry storage, the moisture gradient that is already absorbed in
