Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 10 03:51:49 EDT 2007 | vangogh
Hi All, We are producing PCBA with COB process. We are using kapton tape to protect the COB pads from solder splashes/stains. Questions: 1) Is kapton tape an industry accepted way of protecting gold pads from solder splashes? 2) What are the chance
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 10:43:49 EST 2008 | samir
Folks, what is the industry consensus? Which is the more popular lead-free, flat finish these days? Here's what I know from my experience. IAg: 1. Quality of finish is dependent on supplier 2. Can NOT be reworked. It is known that reworking t
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 22 09:02:46 EDT 2011 | mojomatt
Yes it is used for PCB, I have used it in the Automotive Service Industry for many uses. Most popular as a Brake assembly cleaning agent. It is popular today due to its low FLASH POINT, unlike other solvents that contain Heptane, Xylene etc thease ha
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 15 09:53:58 EDT 2017 | rob
Hi Etimov, Understood that to us assembling parts that IPC is king, however it isn't neccesarily the bible for design engineers. We've had customers demand almost zero voiding, or had to use conductive epoxy to avoid it. For some of us solder joi
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 29 15:08:24 EDT 2020 | davef
Consider focusing on: * Regional suppliers that are within driving distance * Tier 4 suppliers LT $100M revenues STI used to advertise on SMTnet contact Mark McMeen mmcmeen at stielectronicsinc.com. Other quality suppliers in this tier are: Libra
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 27 16:39:37 EDT 2020 | aurash
I opened a case on the JUKI support in Germany and I got some help but we are in the same spot like a week ago. I have 30 years of industrial automation expertise I checked everything I've been told to check - searching trough detailed logs and send
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 08 11:50:55 EST 2011 | pgoodyear
As a technician that does frequent board level repair / rework some issues have come to mind. I have been an electronics technician for almost 50 years. In that time I have seen the evolution of electronics from point to point wiring using vacuum
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 | Tue Jul 08 06:00:29 EDT 2003 | iman
As part of our process/quality improvement review, it was raised thru' our findings that its a good mfg practice to monitor the incoming solder paste quality (as part of the indirect materials). We get one-page "outgoing QC" vendor reports with each
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 04 06:37:46 EDT 1999 | JC Leigh
Dear all, I don't know if I'm asking at the right place here, since you all seem to be more focused on process problems then programming problems (or perhaps programming isn't a problem for you). I'm using FUJI CP642's and I've got some components
