Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 15:10:14 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | | | | | | | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processi
Electronics Forum | Mon May 24 04:01:10 EDT 1999 | Joe Manzur
John, We are using a well known solder paste, begining with the letter "H". (I don't want to be accused of advertising). Also, we are now using a board inverter. In the early day's however, before we purchased a board inverter, we were having to
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 16:24:25 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| | | | What is the best way to re-ball a BGA? Who has the best system for doing it? | | | | | | | I'm using our SRT rework stuff to reball in house - when necessary. Of course, we only do this for protos and test boards. We use a standard micro-st
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 16:48:49 EDT 1999 | Tony
| | | | | What is the best way to re-ball a BGA? Who has the best system for doing it? | | | | | | | | | I'm using our SRT rework stuff to reball in house - when necessary. Of course, we only do this for protos and test boards. We use a standard mi
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 15 12:58:59 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| | Can someone explain the difference between solder "fines" and solder balls? Is there an official specification where "fines" are defined? What is the spec for "fines"? | | | | I consider "fines" individual unmelted metal spheres that are foun
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 01 16:43:24 EDT 1998 | Mike Demos
Thanks for your reply! I do appreciate your response. I received some information from the company that sells Accuspec, but I hadn't heard from any users yet. Your sales pitch sounds on your unit sounds tempting, but I'll have to pass on your Ac
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 30 16:36:31 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hi Kc! I went to Surface Mount International last week, and had a chance to see a way to reball BGA's that is very simple, and not expensive at all. I've seen the advertisements in a few magazines, but this was the first time I've seen it live. It's
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 10 13:16:27 EDT 1998 | Bill Schreiber
To electropolish or not to nickel plate, that is the question. Whether it be nobler in the minds of the competition could be the answer. I think it will probably depend upon whom you ask the question. If the stencil mfgr. has nichel plating capibil
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 20 23:40:31 EDT 1998 | Alex Ondi
| To electropolish or not to nickel plate, that is the question. Whether it be nobler in the minds of the competition could be the answer. | I think it will probably depend upon whom you ask the question. If the stencil mfgr. has nichel plating cap
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 14:41:07 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Alright gentlemen and ladies of the forum, I again seek knowlage on what is probably a well known fact. I have spent a good part of the morning with various IPC standards and weighty tomes such as the Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Handb
