Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 21 14:53:44 EST 2001 | mparker
All it takes is an agreement signed by the employee upon date of hire. The employee is issued tools to do their job. They sign a document that lists the tooling inventory and replacement costs, stipulating that the employee is responsible for the too
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 30 08:15:08 EST 2001 | bluerover
Wolfgang put things very well, but doesn't the overall attitude reflect the general lowering of standards that we all seem to accept. Look at an old picture of a railway locomotive. It is clean and polished because the crew are proud of it as THEIR
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 16 10:53:30 EST 2001 | Carol Stirling
Hello Everyone, Our board supplier changed our board surface finish on a prototype to flat solderable tin (FST) because of the PWB thickness (.125"). The pads seem to be contaminated, particularly on second side pass through reflow. The solder appea
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 09:51:51 EST 2001 | MDion
Bonjour, Is there any study done about the effects of X-RAYs (INCLUDING Airports/Customs systems) on electronic assembly ?? We have had few problems with products recently where the programmed flash was not functionnal (corrupted data) when tested
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 20 04:38:18 EST 2001 | frha
How to implement an easy SPC in the production line? Im looking for relevant characteristics to perform SPC on electronics (e.g. PC-module with motherboard and UPS, power supply's, field bus cards, servo drive systems etc). I understand that compon
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 21 05:21:39 EST 2001 | frha
Thanks Dave! I agree 100% with you and try not to deceive myself! It is very dangerus to let it be a dam paperwork of must. Good id� to change focus frpm process to product-characteristics!! I will see the benefits and cost savings as well as the t
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 26 20:15:50 EST 2001 | davef
Sounds like you are thinking correctly. I'd guess your fab has gotten "smart" and changed your bare board, as you suggest. So, you've got two choices: 1 Rework the QFP. 2 Remove the lower temperature PTH components and solder them to the board some
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 22 10:02:42 EST 2001 | Adam
Guys Has anybody had experiences with plastic glue stencils good or bad ? I also have a couple of questions : 1. Can I use the same aperture design rules for plastic stencils as I do on my metal glue stencils ? 2. How repeatable is a plastic glue st
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 10 09:32:14 EST 2001 | cmay
William, Just to start with, I am no expert, but I have a few books lurking. According to one entry, Surface Mounted resistors stuck to circuit boards had been described in 1952 (Circuit World, Feb edition 1952, page 70) The first mention of a devi
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 03 03:42:15 EST 2001 | ianchan
Hi, actually this point was raised a cuppa times, from the past discussion forums... thats why I posed this questions once again *yawn* to find out any new delvelopments in relation to paste Volume giving accuracy??? Obviously it doesn't seem to h
