Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 27 12:46:23 EDT 2020 | unisoft
Unisoft has been import gerber only for years to setup assembly, aoi machines, etc. *** Help for Importing GERBER only files for used in programming Assembly, AOI, Test, Selective Soldering machines (X/Y Center, Rot, Part#). Also allows you to cre
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 17 16:03:13 EDT 2001 | jschake
The results from an experiment comparing 27 different combinations of pad dimensions concluded that the pad design with 15 mil pad length, 12 mil pad width, and 9 mil pad separation produced the best assembly yields. A 5 mil thick laser cut stencil
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 13:12:18 EST 2007 | realchunks
So others can solder the same board and part but you can't. Dipping the legs in flux doesn't help. Then it's either your pre-heat or wave. Measure your pre-heat and compare to others or flux mfger. Do you have chip wave or something like an Omega
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 20 15:08:30 EDT 2017 | ranap121212
Hello I have the problem with selective soldering on the robot. Thin balls appear on the laminate. The tin sometimes shoots...? and then the balls are a few millimeters from the soldering point. I tried up or down with temperature, but it did not wor
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 27 10:25:52 EDT 1999 | Matthew Park
Is it feasible to have one type of board carriers to take boards thru 1) glue curing process for first side and 2)invert carriers with boards, and 3)reflowing second side, and 4) do manual stuffing of th components and 5) take them thru selective wav
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 26 14:20:41 EDT 2005 | TPM
Brian, We have the Mirtec Table Top. It is very good at detecting the component and orientation. It is however only as good as we program it to be. We have seen some limitations in respect to solder connections. I have not found it to be 100% re
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 11:33:59 EST 2005 | russ
For what you have right now I would recommend that you use soldering iron tips that are made for component removal. until you get BGAs I wouldn't worry a whole lot about the expensive rework equipment. I would use specialty tips and a heat gun wit
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 30 11:34:51 EDT 2008 | davem
Guys, So I recently started working for a small CM in Southern N.H. We currently use 2 Magic Chef Mini wine friges to store the solder paste (63/37, RoHS). I've been monitoring the room temp (and humidity) and the frige temps all this week. The pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 19 10:03:46 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Has anyone had experience with placing BGA on gold plated boards. I thought I read a while ago there was a problem with embrittlment causing cracked joints. If anyone has experience with this your feedback would be great. | Mike Mike, We and ind
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 19 20:28:49 EDT 2006 | mrduckmann2000
We recently purchased a Mirtec AOI machine, it take a bit to program but overall we are pleased. The machine has a downward looking camera, we have had some issues with the machine not catching opens. When a IC has it's legs bent straight up off th
