Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 14:41:43 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Guys thanks so much for your help I did'nt realize | how much feedback I was going to get. I am going to | take your advice and do a little more equipment | research and try and find the best offer I can get | without sacrificing equipment needs.A
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 22 22:32:40 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| We are finding solder shorts under 1206 Components on the bottom side of our boards.In all cases these shorts are from either side of the component to a feed-thru under the component body. Adhesive is used to glue down the component and then the bo
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 13 13:38:23 EDT 1999 | Bian Wycoff
| Has anybody adopted the method of stencil printing with the board at a 45 degree angle to the squeegee blade? What are the benefits and drawbacks? I've heard you get better fine pitch results. | | TX | Mark | I have used thetechnique extensiv
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 09 16:37:14 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| Just curious what effect pinholes and solder voids can have on solder joints that have high current passing thru them. Also could moisture from steam sterilization (autoclaving) get inside a said solder joint and then outgas during high current, an
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 13:23:10 EDT 1999 | JS
| I am currently in the process of setting up an SMD Parts Package Database. The database will contain dimensional information to be used by the placement machinery to process parts (I.E Package Type, # of Leads, Lead dimensions, Lead pitch(s), etc.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 16 15:59:40 EST 1999 | GSM GURU!
| I am in need of feeder that that will feed a 76mm wide tape @ a 60mm pitch to be used on a Universal GSM. | It is not a standard tractor feed, so it would require quite a bit of ingenuity. | Does anyone out there know of someone who designs and bui
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 10 12:32:31 EDT 1998 | Tim Scully
Heeeelllllp. I am a sales rep. ( I know I know, you can't help me with that. ha ha.) Actually, I represent a company that fabricates PCBs and assembles them under the same roof. We are a small to moderate volume house that is just getting into su
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 10 07:52:15 EDT 1998 | smd
Most of you guys probably wish TH would just go away. Maybe for some of you it has. We have some older but very successful WAN controller boards using TH parts so we get to use automated equipment for this. We have an Amistar CI-3000 inserter that so
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 03 09:29:19 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| Hi all. | I am trying to put one 20 pin thru hole connector along with the smt components on the PCB. I would appreciate if somebody can guide me in getting thru this process. I also need to know how much bigger the holes on the screen or stencil
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 01 10:49:01 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
I'm having a problem getting good reflow on gold sufaced boards. The profile looks good and I have adjusted it both hotter and colder and adjusted the various times ( soak, reflow ) to no avail. What realy gets me Is that a month ago we built some go
