Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 28 16:37:24 EDT 1998 | Terry Burnette
| I think that in general it's best to deposit paste in order to increase the part standoff. This helps improve the fatigue-life of the joints by providing more strain relief. But I know from experience that it's tough to deposit paste during the r
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 03 09:50:37 EST 2012 | mosborne1
Thanks very much everyone. > > I'll try out a > 5mil and see how that goes. If you are using 6mil stencil and you are saying that you need more on the 0603 parts then you might want to look at your squeege pressure. What kind of squeege blades ar
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 20 20:15:55 EDT 2001 | davef
We use glue for all kinds of purposes. [See, first we glue the lock on the office door. Then, we glue dadour locks on dakah. Next, we glue the ignition of the Benz. Now, webee gon stylin�, uh huh!] Oooops, sorry got lost there for a minute, the
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 16 15:12:08 EDT 2009 | squid
hi i have just brought a hot air rework station to remove a gpu on xbox 360 i have removed the chip but three of the pads have gone a brownish color and seem like solder will not stick to them ,does this mean the chip is ruined ? ,if so is it becaus
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 12 22:16:59 EDT 2000 | Dreamsniper
Hi Guys, I'd like to share this to all of you...you can start playing with the rests...Stated prices, if not indicated, are in Aussie $ or Singapore $. Stencil Printing Adhesive Pros a) Less Capital Equipment Cost (Short Term). In reality it is f
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 14:20:25 EST 2004 | russ
MiniMicro stencil has stencils and a holder/aligner. I use their stencils but have not used their tooling. I use the eyeball align - tape and secure method. www.minimicrostencil.com Not affiliated with in any way. Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 22 03:04:07 EDT 2006 | PP
Any help/suggestion is much appreciated I am doing lots of BGA Reworks from a small uBGA with a few balls to a large BGA with over 1500 balls. The reworks have been done on SRT 1100 Series Machine for many years. SRT 1100 Machine is good for the c
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 15:09:40 EDT 2006 | PWH
Just a few problems you might have to deal with: 1) Your bare boards must be clean and kept clean though-out the process. You could notice handling contamination that might otherwise have been removed in your wash. 2) You will see solder balls a
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 17 09:47:25 EST 2008 | cisridn
I would not recommend doing BGA soldering with only a hot air gun. I have done it in the past, but the boards would eventually come back from the field because the solder joints did not form correctly and the BGA would have to be reworked again. I
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 11 17:36:44 EDT 2009 | dyoungquist
You are looking for a complete SMT assembly line plus possible X-Ray inspection and rework equipment. The 3 components of the SMT line are stencil printer, pick-n-place machine and reflow oven. How small are your components? 0603? 0402? What is the
