Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 27 14:56:43 EST 2002 | Claude_Couture
Can american R&D cooperate with customer and industry needs? can the education system produce world class engineers? Can freedom american style even remember what cooperation and team work is? It's a dog eat dog out there and eveybody is out to prote
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 22 09:22:44 EST 2002 | itempea
Steve, don't forget that the first assessment you should make is whether a CP6 is what you really need. It's highly reliable, fast, but no so flexible. For a low volume, high mix, it might not be your best bet. Other things to consider: - the exper
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 28 03:19:54 EST 2002 | Opor
Hi All Does anybody have done the profiling board life time experiment? What is the proper life time of FR4 profiling board? How can we know when the profile board or thermocouple should be change?How to use dummy board instead of using gold/real
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 02 22:58:10 EST 2002 | davef
Whatever I've said, my intent has never been to insult you. Smack you yes, insult you no. True, you never said the word �strings� but you did say � * �� shouldn't I be able to expect enough green strength from my epoxy to hold 0603 caps in place wi
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 08:49:43 EDT 2002 | davef
Hey Bud. Allow me to 'turn' your point about 'grain structure' just a bit. Fast cooling rates / coarse grain structures was a bit of red herring in the early 80's. Faster cooling DOES produce finer grained solder connections. Accelerated testing of
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 10 11:55:58 EDT 2002 | Yngwie
Temp/Humidity requirement for baking normally specified at : Low Temp baking : 40 deg C at 5% RH High temp Baking: 125 Deg C at 5% RH. The problem here is the 5% ? Although the 5% is achievable with a special Oven, can someone explain why is it 5%
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 16:16:42 EDT 2002 | Ozzy
Does Fuji even make the QP-132 anymore? I have not seen it at Apex for the past 2-3 years. This "inflexible" dinosaur was a commercial disaster for Fuji. Philips/Assembleon has sold countless more FCM than Fuji QP-132. The problem with both machines
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 11:25:35 EDT 2003 | nad
Hi Jon, I recently had the opportunity to look over a used IIIc converted to a IVc. The documentation, software and spare parts supplied with the machine seem more than adequate, however, upon spending several hours cleaning, oiling, familiarizing,
Electronics Forum | Mon May 06 14:55:55 EDT 2002 | jdill
Hello Do any of you out there with Philips/Assembleon machines have any tips or tricks to repairing there feeders. I call Assembleon and one guy tells me to clean the heads and the feeders with a small lint free brush and to not use any oil on the he
Electronics Forum | Wed May 15 12:55:11 EDT 2002 | fmonette
Hi Dave, The short answer is "not any significant amount" of moisture is removed during reflow. The temperature excursion is much too short. If you look at the physics of moisture diffusion inside a package you will see that only the surface moist
