Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 12:15:00 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello Dave, First you must make sure your measurement system is calibrated for accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility. We perform a standard GR&R Study on our CmController system on a regular basis to ensure that the system itself is capable to
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 16:34:54 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello gregp, IPC released 9850 on October 22, 2002 after the industry came together to standardize a method to determine placement capability as it relates to placement speed. As I'm sure you are aware, the standard gives placement machine manufactur
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 18:48:34 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello George, SPC can be time consuming but if you don't track or make recordings consistently then how do you measure your process performance and overall line quality?I'm sure your customer is asking because they want you to demonstrate that your p
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 21 20:42:12 EDT 2003 | iman
Don, thanks for the thoughtful insight, can I run some thinking points for your further assistance? 1) ours is a Au over Ni PCB bareboard. Do you think excessive Au thickness is any way a influence for poor solder formation? I did notice the PCB ba
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 18 11:07:39 EDT 2003 | donbell
SR. Tech: I have worked with Omniflo 7 and 10 ovens for many years. I purchased several 10 zone ovens in '98 when I worked for Ericsson. Here are some of my experinces with Electrovert Omniflo ovens; Yes, you can expect to run the conveyor speed a
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 20:57:14 EDT 2004 | Mike Konrad
Hey Dreamy, Dave is correct. If you attempt to clean your water soluble (OA) flux with water only, you will turn the no-clean flux white. No inspector or end-user will accept this. If a proper cleaning system is not available to you, then I would
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 10 00:02:14 EDT 2004 | Darren
Dror, If I understand your question correctly, you would like to know what the operators should be doing in what priority during setup or changeover? Simply stated if you are doing on line setup due to limitations in feeder quantity or manpower avail
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 15 22:04:56 EST 2005 | KEN
The hasl joint looks fuller (and is easier to inspect)because it has more solder volume. Think about it. Your pre-plating your board with solder (before you add more solder). I doubt your getting 0.3 mils of hasl.....probably more like 1.3 to 3.0
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 24 17:36:31 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, Yes MYDATA vibration feeders are a nightmare, but you might want to check the feeder. We had one that would vary a lot, and it never seemed to be able to be set to the right vibration level for consistent feeding. It turned out to have a problem
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 27 11:43:32 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
Hi Daan, What we did in the time was pareto analyses on all board designs to determine the critical areas (mainly design errors) and only inspect those specific problem areas. Every batch had a copy of the PC board with problem areas marked and only