Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 04:26:30 EDT 1999 | Brian
| We have three buckets filled with leftover solder paste from our screen printing process. Kester has informed me that they no longer take paste, but only dross and pot dumpings. Does anyone know if there's someplace I can recycle this, or am I go
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 11 13:17:36 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| A board shop rep contacted me about a process were solder paste is applied to the board as part of their mfg. process thereby eliminating the need for paste application at the assembler. This is a new one I have never heard of, but am willing to si
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 11 06:43:13 EDT 1999 | rjk
Hello Brian Thanks for your quick reply. I should explain my situation. We are packing modules in trays for transport. We are currently using Conductive PS as material for the tray base. I am in the process of setting up a new company to manufacture
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 08:01:48 EDT 1999 | JohnW
Gee Dave That's the first time I've ever seen myself listed for a quote! Brian, what your saying is on the whole right, on the surface of it the mask, as long as it's cured properlay shouldn't make a difference but I have to say that I've found so f
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 09 03:26:58 EDT 1999 | Brian
| Always experiencing dross in pot with different characteristic such as color, shape, dry/wet etc. Any paper, wetsites provide the more comprehesive explanation on its characteristic | Dross is a mixture of various things. The obvious ones are met
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 09 03:45:34 EDT 1999 | Brian
| Right now,we have some problem on SMT. Cause of the flux residue | in the connector. Do somebody have the same symptom? By the way, | can i find something to make the flux observe easy or take a photo with the flux. | | | Unfortunately, this pr
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 08 14:01:27 EDT 1999 | C.K.
We've recently encountered this problem where one of our .050" pitch BGA's were reflowing at the wave thus causing shorts... The board was profiled with probes stuck to a QFP solder joint, an 0603, and one of the BGA joints. There was an almost 70
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 10 00:40:42 EDT 1999 | John
| I'm searching for a source for surface mount socket savers that accept a hand test socket (Yamaichi, Nepenthe etc...). Barring availibity of an SMT socket saver does anyone know a good technique for soldering socket savers into a .250" thick, 20+ l
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 08 18:26:19 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | Is there an IPC Standard stating the max. number of times that a PCB can pass through a reflow or wavesolder machine without having solder mask breakdown. | | | | PCB is FR4 | | Solder Mask is LPI | | Reflow and W/S Profile = Standard | | | | t
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 09 07:38:43 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | | Hi, | | | | | | Does anybody know what is the minimum gold plating thickness on the PCB goldfinger required by the industrial specifications - IPC, Bellcore, etc. Where can I find the information? Appreciate for the help! | | | | | | Thanks,
