Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 12 14:59:14 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| What would be a good metric for process control of a stencil printer? (fully automatic, vision equipped, stendil printer). | I'm doing some more DEK 265 GSX's with everything imaginable hung on them. Have done Lt's and the MPM2000. This makes mach
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 09:24:08 EST 1999 | Chrys
| | We are currently fighting a dross battle on our non-inerted waves. We are currently using a bar solder that barely meets QQS-571 for Alloy/Impurity. | | | | Is anybody using HI FLO in a non inerted wave? Do you see a measureable decrease in dr
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 04 11:59:41 EST 1999 | Steve Evers
| Give me your opinions and experiences of SelectX, selective debridging system in the Vitronics Soltec wave soldering machines. | Opinion and (food for thought)?: First let me say that I am not familiar with SelectX. In the past, manufacturing e
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 12 12:03:59 EST 1998 | Dave F
| DO you know of an Industry Standard that describes solder paste geometries requirements? | Lyle: The industry standard that describes solder geometries requirement is IPC-A-610. There is no industry standard that describes how solder paste shoul
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 19:21:13 EST 1998 | Bill Schreiber
Dave, Be careful if you plan to clean misprinted PCBs in a spray type batch cleaner. There is an article written by Dick Clouthier of AMTX Stencils regarding batch cleaners and their use for cleaning misprints. He describes it as a "solder ball nig
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 18 12:59:49 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Our company has been building high rel military products for over 15 years. Over that time we have reduced our bare board suppliers to two companies that specilize in 55110 QPL product. | | I am now faced with a requirement for 6000 4 layer boa
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 16 09:30:20 EST 1998 | Dave F
| We are considering implementing a change of our operating software to Visual Manufacturing by Lilly Software Associates. We may also add portions of the quality package by IQS to help us meet quality standards (ISO 9002) requirements. | If anyone h
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 19 12:20:24 EDT 1998 | MARK J.
| Hi there, | I'm actually facing a lot of trouble with PCB's presenting up to 3mm of bow /twist at reception i.e. before assembly. The PCB size is 220 by 230mm. The boards are to be assembeled SMD double sides with 05.mm pitch on both sides. In orde
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 21 13:43:13 EDT 1998 | Ben Salisbury
| Hello everyone, | I am currently running a gold plated SMT board and am experiencing tiny solder balls between the pads and the masking between the 20 mil pitch devices. I'm looking at these boards with a 60x microscope. IPC-610 say's any visible s
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 13 21:58:14 EDT 1998 | Alpha Guy
When things go wrong (see below) it can usually be attributed to a communication problem. This is exactly the issue with this case. A meeting has been held and corrections have been made with no hard feelings. However, another call rather than a
