Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 21:36:17 EST 2012 | davef
Multiple process and rework thermal cycles are brutal on boards and components. Improving reliability of products through reducing thermal stress ends-up being a major driver to the interest in lower MP LF solders. Binary LF solders require the addit
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 18:51:06 EST 2020 | johndep7
My company has been having issues with a lot of solder balls, solder splash, and flux balls all over a specific board. Now this is one of the only companies that require us not to clean our boards after our work is finished but this is also causing a
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 13:34:07 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performing
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 14:17:55 EDT 1999 | Steve Schrader
| | There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performin
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 20 09:41:25 EST 2015 | rgduval
Well put, Evtimov! :) I've made my argument against it. I'm not comfortable taking a job placing parts outside the capabilities of the machine in general, much less parts that I can't actually see! The machine is good down to .5mm pitch parts, and
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 31 15:15:13 EST 2006 | russ
Heat guns used improperly will definitely damage components. You must have a controlled heat gun that can be set to the max temp you want pb =215C max, Pbfree maybe 240C max. This heat gun must not be able to be adjusted or you must have total trus
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 06 22:37:35 EST 2012 | davef
Ryan ... "As for bismuth-based lead-free alloys, a lower melting temperature than that of tin-lead is offered together with a cost similar to that of tin [in the area of $3/lb]. Unfortunately, bismuth in soldering alloys tends to create embrittlemen
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 13:49:29 EDT 1999 | Bob Neverosky
| | There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performin
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 23:47:03 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| | | There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not perform
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 24 00:04:55 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| | | There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not perform
