Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 10:37:43 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
Every year, SMTA give out achievement awards to individuals or companies for outstanding contributions to the industry or organization. One of the categories is the Founder's Award. The Founder's Award is presetned to a person who has made "excepti
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 17:31:14 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hey MoonMan, | | Did I catch in one of your fabulous threads that you're using Tetra stencils? I'm anxious to find out how you're liking them. | | We we're all set up to go to Tetras, then mgt decided to close down our factory - Dooop! "Foiled"
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 16:06:32 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
Hey - remember the evaluation of VOC-Free fluxes that I promised a couple of months ago? well, I finally scrounged up the time to remove the propreitary (board name and number) info from the report. So it's ready. I posted it in the SMTnet library
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 21:29:34 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Hey - remember the evaluation of VOC-Free fluxes that I promised a couple of months ago? well, I finally scrounged up the time to remove the propreitary (board name and number) info from the report. So it's ready. I posted it in the SMTnet libra
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 09:06:41 EDT 1999 | Murray Pulman
Help Guys!! We sub con assemble small to medium batch runs of mixed tech boards inc fine pitch BGA o4o2 etc. As usual we get all the crap to build that no-one else wants, however lately some customers are getting a little more serious with their sa
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 14:04:59 EDT 1999 | Steve Gregory
Hi Murray! Justin pretty much summed things up...covered all the points. So I'm just gonna give you my preference of what I like other than HASL finish. Electroless Nickle/Immersion Gold...nice flat pads...hmmmmmmm, Steve likes flat pads. OSP's hav
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 25 11:18:45 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hello all, | | Been doing some comparisons on joints made using the soldering iron versus reflowed solder paste (on a QFP package). The difference is quite significant: the joints made by the soldering iron are inconsistent and in many cases not
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 25 11:37:51 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| We are just starting to manufacture a PCB with a .039" fine-line PBGA. We are currently seeing voids, mainly in the center, that are as much as 45%. We also intermittently see the corner balls of the PBGA smaller than the center balls. We are using
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 14:59:14 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| Has anyone had trouble waving and gluing 0603 R's and C's? At my company, our designers have "opened the floodgates" on bottom-side 0603's. | | We've got an EPK+ with rotary chip and omega wave but can't seem to get skip-free soldering on these g
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 15:04:44 EDT 1999 | M.T.
| | Has anyone had trouble waving and gluing 0603 R's and C's? At my company, our designers have "opened the floodgates" on bottom-side 0603's. | | | | We've got an EPK+ with rotary chip and omega wave but can't seem to get skip-free soldering on t
