Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 16 12:49:30 EDT 2000 | Bill Schreiber
Phil, I know it must be frustrating to try and weed through all of the hype that is put out by various stencil cleaner manufacturers. However, there is some impartial published data available. An article by Richard Clouthier (now with Photo Stenc
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 06:55:48 EST 2000 | Mark Alder
Please go into s.m.t.net archives 19/2/1999 and have alook at the suggestions I received.I have found them to be fairly accurate and work pretty good.Lazer cut stencils also made a significant improvement.The adhesive I used was AMICON D125F3 from Em
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 06 10:04:53 EST 1999 | Michael Bryant
Bill, Thanks for the tip. There was an error in the printer friendly page for forum postings. We have repaired the formatting problem, so it will retain all of the paragraphs and indents that the original message contains. If you have other observat
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 29 05:23:00 EDT 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Bart, that�s much to high. If that would happen to me my boss would tear my head off. For improving the yields you must find the cause for the soldering problems. What are the symptoms? What could be the cause for the symptoms? Could be design pr
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 07 12:18:37 EDT 2001 | delnosa
Looking at ideas for "best in class" process controls for SMT mfg. ops. Wanting to add improved p-controls at some of our suppliers and I'm looking at what others may or may not recommend. Already looking at the following: Solder Printing X-Y-Z axis
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 06 14:07:20 EDT 2002 | ppwlee
Thanks for all replying to my printing SPC posting. I like to expand the SPC discussion on reflow and wave soldering. I am aware of the common methods of applying periodic measurements using test vehicles though the machines to collect critical pr
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 07 22:33:50 EDT 2006 | Bolos
first: what is your problem after reflow? second: a good rule of thumb is a tolerance of 1 mil. for example..if you got 5 thou stencil thickness then your range of thickness is 6-/+1 thou.. then you just improve after you get your height data and ana
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 10 09:19:15 EDT 2008 | lysik
As you know 90% of defects come from the printer. This product is well worth the investment. You will improve yeilds and reduce rework. Very important with micro BGA's. Also lead free components do not self center (during reflow) as well. There is ve
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 14 16:31:16 EST 2023 | yannick_herzog
Hello, we have increased problems with a product with the paste pressure. Here we can see pads that are not completely printed. We suspected that the squeegee speed was too fast and the amount of paste on the stencil was insufficient. Unfortunately
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 22:34:55 EST 2003 | davef
O' Connor: Are you saying that: * You solder fine in the areas where you print paste * You solder poorly in the areas where you don't print paste Aside from that, the gold on these pads seems to be less bright than previous lots. [if that's not it