Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 06 13:28:59 EDT 2023 | daniel_stanphill
This is a strong endorsement! I will do some more looking into them. I wasn't that familiar with them but I only have experience with what we have here. We need to upgrade also so I'm interested in everyone's input. Great threads here.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 14 10:35:36 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Grayman, I am of non-caucasian descent myself (an immigrant), and you are WAY off base on how the corporate structure here in America works. As others state, Engineers CHOOSE to stay Engineers and GOOD Engineers have no aspirations for upper manage
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 28 17:05:46 EDT 2012 | davef
Here’s what we seem to know: * There’s a problem with voiding in the solder connections of SMT capacitors * A void is an open area caused by air or process fluid that is trapped within a solder connection * Voids are an allowable condition as long as
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 27 08:54:04 EDT 2005 | davef
What is CFM? Look here: * http://bugclub.org/beginners/processors/cfm.html * http://users.aol.com/jackproot/met/spvolas.html How do you measure CFM? Look here: http://www.orionfans.com/html/air_flow.html Anemometers are used to measure air vel
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 04 10:02:42 EDT 2005 | davef
OEM are responsible for take-back and reclaiming of their products. Look here: http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/5312/5312.html The Brits have an interesting expression related this topic. Fly-tipping: Fly-tipping is 'the illegal depo
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 16 11:27:14 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Hi Peter, I posted these links to Technet as well, but figured I would add them here as well in case any of the smtnet readers would like to see them. Here are some links to some articles about white residue sources, and whether or not white residue
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 15 17:13:21 EST 2006 | Wave Master Larry
Listen.I posted this same message on a diffrent thread but got no repsonse. Here's what im wondering Im more of a wave guy but we had a good employee in the engineering department, he's left the company but he used these setpoints on the ovens in a
Electronics Forum | Wed May 16 10:37:58 EDT 2007 | wavemasterlarry
what in blue blazzes is going on here? i here what youre saying but cant pick up what youre lying down! Why in gods gravey would you wantto solder on a static mat? You can degrade the mat if your solder burn threw it. I asked our all noing macani
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 13 08:24:30 EDT 2007 | davef
Most often, when people talk about a dishwasher, here on SMTnet, they're talking about a batch cleaner, not a dishwasher from Sears, or someplace like that. For limited applications, a home use dishwasher will do a perfectly adequate job of cleaning
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 23 10:06:10 EDT 2011 | davef
Leave it to the Eurolanders to come-up with a goofy, confusing name for something simple. Stepped stencils are chemical etched or laser cut. IPC-7525 provides guidelines on designing stepped stencils. Look here http://www.ipc.org/TOC/IPC-7525.pdf