Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 22:52:43 EDT 2001 | davef
Most paste manufacturers talk about a 12 month shelf life for paste. They give the user half of that time. The remainder is used-up in processing and distribution. We'd give it a shot. You paste supplier should be able to give you a much clearer
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 21 09:27:45 EDT 2001 | davef
No. There's nothing fancy. You need enough solder on the exposed pad for a good thermal connection, but not so much to lift the comonent off the TSSOP pads. We reduce the aperture for the pad, dunno 85%, with four windows [but it doesn't matter ho
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 20 13:19:18 EDT 2001 | davef
According to the summary page of the main forum, the following thread: "Oven Throughput Pete July 19, 2001 10:31 PM" � has 6 postings to the thread. But when one opens the thread, there are only the following postings on the tread: "Oven Through
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 21 00:38:46 EDT 2001 | dougk
Where did this come from? I hope our safety director doesn't see this or I'll have more work to do. Seriously, if is bacterial contamination, it would be lysed immediately on contact with the iron. We ask our operators to wash their hands after handl
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 21 09:46:41 EDT 2001 | davef
I was reading something in the paper this morning where the police have found that having a witness look at six pictures of suspects laid-out on a table [the six pack method in their parlance] is more error prone than just looking through the stack o
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 23 13:26:23 EDT 2001 | Hussman
Yes, by the component is a start. There is also board cost, and process material costs, engineering costs if needed, pallet cost if needed, and packaging costs. Inspection and test are another part of the cost. Will you provide your own test-set?
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 24 20:16:13 EDT 2001 | davef
We don't believe that water is thin enough to clean a uBGA. Given your telecom biz, what cleanliness standard do you use? How do you measure it? And how often do you check it? What are your in-bound materials cleanliness standards? [Oooo, I gues
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 10:46:36 EDT 2001 | Steve
Most of the problems that you will find with NC is visual. I have not found or heard of any real evidence that NC causes component or board failures. The residue has extremely high resistance, which actually gets higher as time goes on. It's a paradi
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 26 13:49:48 EDT 2001 | johnmaetta
That's a good question. On some of the assemblies that our engineers test, appear to have been reworked in these suspect locations. I have requested rework data from our CM by providing them with assembly and serial numbers. Their data shows that th
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 26 14:06:46 EDT 2001 | johnmaetta
That's a good question. On some of the assemblies that our engineers test, appear to have been reworked in these suspect locations. I have requested rework data from our CM by providing them with assembly and serial numbers. Their data shows that th
