Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 00:21:46 EDT 2002 | tjyard
Frustrated? Where do I start. Our company just lost a contract assembly job we have been providing to Altera Corp for five years. They sent it overseas to China. We had to lay everyone off at our assembly facility. Yeah, you better learn to spea
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 13:16:35 EDT 2002 | Claude_Couture
We are drifting deeper into market philosophy... Yes, capitalism is the motor to a healty market economy. "Running to catch up on the latest gadgets even if my 10 year old cell phone is still working fine and fills all my needs" cannot be sustained.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 15:54:53 EDT 2002 | davef
Ken: Responding to your comments: * If buyers were to communicate better and be more involved with manufacturing, they would make less money. [1] There�d be fewer cases of �Jack� on the home doorstep at Christmas-time. [2] The buyer�s budget would
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 07:18:37 EDT 2002 | davef
Hey Ken, you open a can of worms, you can�t all of a sudden decide �they�re too slimey�. You gotta fix this one!!! If that means a Chinese visa, we�re behind you this one. {Everyone together now, "Go Ken, go Ken. He's or guy!!!] The fishy part:
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 07:33:32 EDT 2002 | pjc
Communication is the issue. What we have here is a failure to communicate....how does that song go? I implemented a system whereby incoming inspection would check component packaging to the spec. If it did not match they were to contact the process e
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 07:59:14 EDT 2002 | hany_khoga
Hello there: 1- I know someone who diluted expired solder paste, which obviously lost its tackiness using Isopropanol. The paste was expired by more than 6monthes but after dilution I saw by myself the paste has retrieved its tackiness. The amazing
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 10:15:12 EDT 2002 | robbied
Hi, we have recently had some customer returns where the 44 pin j-lead ASIC devices exhibit green corrosion from the copper under the tin plating on the leads. These boards were in the field for around 4 years, with innadequate conformal coating pro
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 21:28:41 EDT 2002 | davef
Questions are: * What is this green material? * What does the green material look like? * What the impact of this material on the long-term reliability of your customer�s product? * What flux did you use to solder these boards? * How were the boards
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 09:55:05 EDT 2002 | gdstanton
Mike, When we measure solder inspection yield by dividing the number of defective joints on a CCA by the total number of joints on the PWB. A defective joint is classified only once. That is we don't count multiple defects on the same joint. Our
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 15:20:17 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
I suggest following the standards developed by IPC for DPMO (go to IPC. org for more info) Create your own benchmark, within your own environment, for the specific PCA, then do trend analysis, 6 sigma improvements, etc. For a rule of thumb benchmark
