Electronics Forum | Fri May 04 16:19:52 EDT 2018 | solderingpro
meaning its non-eutectic. You would want to stay as close to 350°C as possible or (if a slightly off version of SAC305) target the highest melting point of your chemistry) - assuming your temp controller is properly calibrated that is. Other option
Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 09:17:12 EDT 2018 | charliedci
I have used a 2006 Electrovert Vectra ES (63/37) for last 3 years, we acquired it used. It had little or no maintenance before we got it, now after replacing a solder pump motor, preheater fans and thermocouples it is pretty reliable. The spray fluxe
Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 16:05:27 EDT 2018 | aj
questions I asked: “It seems the vision system is not reliable. However, we need to get the procedure to create and debug fine pitch parts such as BGAs anf QFN’s to understand how the machine operates.: Common errors: • Even after doing the vision t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 17 02:37:31 EDT 2018 | hottchkisu
I interpreted the binary values using a hex editor. It took a while to figure it out, but it’s actually pretty simple. Originally I had planned to manage the data across our printer programs like barcodes, board id’s as locations etc. But they never
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 06 09:01:40 EDT 2018 | robl
We use independant engineers to service our older kit - all with long service careers with the appropriate manufacturers. The manufacturers we deal with tend to have younger engineers who do not know older machines. There are exceptions, in that th
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 07 09:31:48 EDT 2018 | sarason
Dear Forum members, I am happy to announce the completion of version 1.0.17.5 of PCBSynergy. The latest Update has a new file reader for Kicad V3 file format kicad_pcb. Also the previous 1.0.17.2 update Eagle XML BRD reading was added. The MRU stuf
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 26 11:24:41 EDT 2018 | applebar
We are a very small EMS that has been sued by a large OEM customer. We built a board, it passed the customer supplied tester, but we had accidentally put a wrong part on it. This was discovered years after we had been placing this part. The cust
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 04:45:42 EDT 2018 | robl
Depends on what sort of outfit you are working for, and what you are building. A lot of CEMs are doing Flying Probe or ICT on the boards ahead of investing time building into units or adding parts that prevent access to rework. We have a combination
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 01 13:35:41 EDT 2018 | tey422
Need all your experts out there for tips & tricks to make things work. I been giving a task to help redesign a simple board; only to load two components. The challenge is to use pick-n-place machine to load the coil onto the 50up array panel. Previou
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 01 16:03:19 EDT 2018 | tey422
dwl, thanks for your feedback. The 1st option would not be possible, due to customer wants to keep the board as it is. Epoxy would be one of the next thing I would do if no other possible design that might works. I am not sure of the volume yet, I am