Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 08 12:43:31 EST 2009 | davef
Here's few more ideas: * Have vending machine vendor turn off advertising lights * Turn-off photocopier at night * Switch off all unnecessary lights * Use dimmers, motion sensors, or occupancy sensors to automatically turn off lighting when not in us
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 22 03:25:26 EST 2009 | stevewilde
What masking tape can people recommend for masking the board when conformal coating. I am using a PVA autocoat machine and humiseal 1B31. Current tape, is leaving residue on board when used to hold link wires down whilst glue cures and also when used
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 16 08:36:24 EDT 2009 | bocci572
We are looking into using a splicer for our SMT production area. I was wondering if anyone has any recomendations for a good splicer or splicing kit that can be used to splice our reels. I am looking for something that is easy to use and does not t
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 18 09:25:16 EDT 2009 | ysutariya
There's not really a good answer except that I think that the industry wasn't really prepared for such an increased use of white soldermask combined with the importance of using the white as a reflecting surface. Essentially, the resins commonly u
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 25 16:38:56 EDT 2009 | esoderberg
empf issued an excellent study of calculated solder volume in the 90's. It used lotus 123 but is easily used in excel. I have used it for over 10 years. The only thing wrong is with leadless components. the amount of paste required generally is insuf
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 30 19:47:46 EDT 2009 | bigdaddysoy9
I programmed Orbotech VT-8000 and VT-9300 for around 5 years also. We have been using VI Technology Vi3k3 machines for the past 2 years. I find them to be far superior to the Orbotech machines in every way. To be fair, the Orbotech models we used wer
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 08 06:08:50 EST 2010 | cunningham
What are people using for AOI systems and how are you using them We are on the market for 2 systems post reflow capable of inspecting solder joints at 010 sized components we have 2 old systems at the moment inspecting for presence and polarity p
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 11:25:02 EST 2010 | stepheniii
http://www.techeye.net/chips/electronic-tin-whiskers-may-be-behind-toyota-recalls This article doesn't mention that their source is speculative and poorly written. But I am curious has Toyota confirmed that they do use tin/lead solder? I mean an ex
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 25 10:21:49 EST 2010 | jdumont
My guess would be that the adhesive used on the dots contains silicone. We use 1B73 which is also acrylic and it hates silicone. We use silicone RTV to permanently mask around some connectors and unless its fully cured before coating it will cause l
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 31 14:41:21 EDT 2010 | cbart
We are looking for lint free rags to clean our circuit boards with. We use these when processing no-clean flux the operators will use a de-fluxer apply it to a rag and use a brush along with the rag to pull the flux from the board. Does anyone have a
