Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 26 10:27:17 EDT 2004 | mskler
Hi all, We are facing prob. in MPEG card. WE are using 6 mil stencil with steel squeezee. There are two 20 mil Ic�s. Once we set profile according to the profile given by the supplier after that we made 2000 nos of boards & in first shot almost b
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 19 21:33:26 EDT 2004 | davef
Are you talking about small 'volcanos' that burst through PTH solder connections? If so, you have moisture outgassing through the PTH barrels: * Plating on the hole of your bare board is too thin. It should be greater than 1 thou [25um]. * Your bak
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 26 21:54:57 EDT 2004 | KEN
I ran into this about 2 years ago. The Rework Operators (all 3 shifts) would rework a device, rince the board with tap water (yep, 50k / Cm^3) from a nearby sink, then send the PCB to test (which is really ironic as they had to walk past the DI wash
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 15 11:33:12 EDT 2004 | sue ph
We are building seven different assemblies that have flex circuitry that go off in four different directions within the panel. The panels are square to facilitate flow through smt & wave solder and depanilized in solder touchup. Currently, we are usi
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 10:50:32 EST 2005 | pr
I think the 1st option would be the best. I have found that a touch up person WILL TOUCH UP SOMETHING, regardless of the electrical needs of the board. This leads to a lot of unnecessary rework of joints. I would hope QC is tracking the defects and t
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 03 11:49:23 EST 2005 | Rob
Doesn't that depend on your company's culture & management style? We (and I feel slightly dirty using this word)empowered our end of line inspection/touch up people & trained them to know what is good or bad - so issues can be immediately fed back,
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 06 17:39:15 EST 2005 | Darby
1st law of Surface Mount. You WILL run out of parts on the last board going through before a long weekend. 2nd law of Surface Mount. Touchies WILL touch. I'm with Russ and Rob. Touch up is EVIL and should only be tolerated in exceptional circumst
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 13 15:35:56 EST 2006 | russ
You're a piece of work! Why don't you work for any of the major wave companies? So how does slowing the conveyor speed eliminate drying flux? And when you slow it down, what speeds it up to make you say "I lower the wave because I get shorts going
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 16:05:12 EDT 2008 | bkreiman
We are using a right-angle SMT power connector on a board. The connector has 4 leads and two board alignment pins. The layout for the board is such that 1 of the leads is not used and the pad for the lead is not connected to anything, not even grou
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 28 16:15:57 EDT 2009 | davef
That your solder connections reflow properly when heated with a soldering iron, indicates that that your reflow recipe needs improvement. * Thermocouple the pads that require touch-up and adjust your oven recipe to assure that they reach liquidous+20
