Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 14 07:47:41 EDT 2004 | pcbrown
I am looking for effective ways to secure through-hole components (non-clinched) to the boards for wave soldering. Can someone share their ideas or methods? We've tried vacuum packing & tacking/masking, but there must be better ways. I'd appreciate a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 21 16:21:19 EDT 2004 | bobpan
Steve, We sent them back to the manufacturer and 'if' they are repairable they will repair them for a minimal cost...haha... and send them back to you. Have fun....
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 22 11:51:49 EDT 2004 | Steve
I have found a company called Cleveland Motion Control that will fix them for a flat fee. Did a little searching and found them using Altavista.com Cheers
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 19:37:47 EDT 2004 | Grant
Hi, It was funny. The sight of 3 men standing around the microwave daring each other to push the start button, and then freaking out when the whole thing looked as though it was going to explode was funny. I guess you have to try these things! Tho
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 10:08:31 EDT 2004 | B. Hunter
We received bare PCB's that were supposed to have been finished with immersion silver because of BGA locations. The boards were finished in ENIG. We are concerned over any reliabilty problems that might occur as a result of using ENIG at BGA locati
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 02 13:16:02 EDT 2004 | jbabson1
I'm not quite sure what you want to do. Are you trying to add a board in a panel?
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 21:34:28 EDT 2004 | davef
That must be embarassing to explain the reason that a heatsink falls-off the board at your customer's site. ;-) We have found the best approach involves: * Work instructions that are clear, complete, and unambiguous. * Proper materials and tools to
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 02 11:11:01 EDT 2004 | tberkey
I am running no clean boards for automotive applications. We have continued to use a cleanliness test as part of our control plan.I am wondering if anyone has been able to eliminate the cleanliness test due to the use of no clean materials?
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 14:39:11 EDT 2004 | russ
It is great for single sided boards, but you will have to use a glue/wave process or something else for second side assemblies. Russ
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 17:26:21 EDT 2004 | russ
What happens to the flux and pads on the second side of a double sided board during the first reflow? It seems to me like the solder would dome and the flux would be used up and migrated to other areas. Russ
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