Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 30 10:22:49 EDT 2001 | kaopsahl
Greetings. I have noticed quite a few postings lately to the effect of "hi, I want to be a SMT pro and make circuit boards, help me". Try to understand why folks on the forum are cringing at your proposal. All of the feedback I have seen regarding yo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 04 11:10:56 EDT 2001 | davef
It�s tough to say. You need enough, but you can�t have too much because you slop it all over the pads, but if you have too little � well you get the picture. There�s so many ways to get to the same place. There is no standard. It�s whatever you n
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 23:59:40 EDT 1999 | JAX
| | | HI everyone, | | | | | | We are using a Siemens ap-25 screen printer, in the past we have not had any problems with adhesive placement until a couple of weeks ago. It seems the x axis has decided that it should be set somewhere between .00
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 26 04:35:54 EDT 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
| | | Does anyone have any information on stencil aperture/pad ratios for noclean solder paste. In the past I have experienced severe solder ball problems when using the same size apertures from aqueous products as I do with the No-clean products.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 24 12:43:08 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Recently, there has been an upsurge in the Pin Hole/Blow Hole problem in our wave soldering process. We are baking the PCBs for 2 Hrs. at 125 degree C. The Wave Soldering profile seems to be O.K. Still the problem is persistent. Can somebody h
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 15 12:03:27 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Has anyone had issues where bottomside double reflowed smt has fallen off in the wave when using voc-free flux? I have verified the hotter profile was not the issue by using an alcohol based flux with no problems.This voc-free flux is also not caus
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 14 13:47:54 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| We are a medium sized PCB assy. house manufacturing about 2000 motherboards a day. There is a major problem we are facing at the wave soldering stage, i.e. warpage of the PCB. As soon as the PCB touches the wave it warps severely from the centre
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 07:34:17 EDT 1999 | Glynn Technologies and Manufacturing
| | We are a medium sized PCB assy. house manufacturing about 2000 motherboards a day. There is a major problem we are facing at the wave soldering stage, i.e. warpage of the PCB. As soon as the PCB touches the wave it warps severely from the centr
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 04 03:03:52 EDT 1999 | Scott B
| I'm encountering a new problem at my new company that I haven't encountered before in my past life - and that's Wave Soldering VIA holes. | | We've been getting a rash of defects that we call in this company, "insufficient solder in VIA hole." The
Electronics Forum | Sun May 30 11:43:23 EDT 1999 | M Cox
| | | Is it possible to place parts that do not have leadframes exposed when looking from the top side of the part such as BGA's using a Fuji IP1 with a SMD1 vision (Binary) system. I realize that the IP1 does not have front lighting but according to