Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 28 22:16:51 EDT 1999 | Steve Gregory
| Hi everyone, | We started our first machine placed shield test today.We will be machine placing shields with in the next two months. I used a Fuji Qp242 today. There were no problems with pickup etc,. just vision errors. I'm sure we will work the
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 28 16:49:47 EDT 1999 | Tony A
| | Anyone using hot air nife for wave soldering process. | | Does it work? | | Does it really eliminate solder bridging and does it create any other problems? | | | | any feed back will be much appriciated. | | | | Thanks | | | | Tony A | | |
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 28 04:26:24 EDT 1999 | Nigel Burtt
| Hello all, | | I read about Steve's headache a few articles back and I'm really interested by his tip. However, I'm still wondering why square apertures release solder paste better than round ones. For the same volume of paste, the surface area
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 13:33:29 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| Has anybody had experience wavesoldering 1 watt 2512 resistor packages?? I know it can be done, but are there reliability issues? | | We are in the middle of a new product and the question was posed to me "Can we use 2512 1 watt resistors on the
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 12:14:08 EDT 1999 | M Cox
Board Experts I am fighting with a board house about a delamination problem.. First the facts 1) 10 layer board .063 thick HASL Finish Aprox 16 in x 17 in. 2) 150 Boards with this part number built with the same reflow oven settings (212 c max t
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 13:41:16 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| i am trying to design a stencil fixture for manual printing. has anyone done this before or has an idea? thanks | There are sooo many variables; product size, 1 vs. 2 sided boards, support, component size, pitch, stencil alignment, PCB thickness,
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 09:31:45 EDT 1999 | Robert L. McCallum
On circuit board assemblies first pass yields need to be above 98%, if a supplier is below this level it is a indication that: he has poor control of the manufacturing process; Poor component selection (price over quality; excepted a poor design from
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 17:12:47 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| Chrys, | | First, thank you for contributing to the newly automated SMT Library. | | Second, no registration is needed in order to access library information including your newly posted papers. Therefore they can simply download your papers fr
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 13:19:29 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Hey Guys! | | Look what I get to try and do this week! I got handed a cardboard box on Friday afternoon with the parts and 20 of these little jewels! That's both sides of the board by the way... | bla-bla-bla | | Sure you don't wanna take this o
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 25 10:28:46 EDT 1999 | Joe Cameron
Hello all, Been doing some comparisons on joints made using the soldering iron versus reflowed solder paste (on a QFP package). The difference is quite significant: the joints made by the soldering iron are inconsistent and in many cases not filled