New Equipment | Solder Paste Stencils
Flip Up SMT Rework Stencils are laser cut solder paste stencils designed to replicate the intial manufacturing process albeit for a designated component or selected area. These laser cut mini stencils can either have flaps (to prevent neighboring are
New Equipment | Solder Paste Stencils
For the DIYer, hobbyist or technical researcher there are times where all you need is a simple means to apply solder paste for SMT devices for a few simple boards. In those cases a plastic SMT stencil may be the right solution. Eliminate the tedious
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 10:47:02 EST 2020 | dunks
What paste do you use in this instance?
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 10 10:23:53 EST 2020 | emeto
Solder paste has stencil life time - if you go over it means you should change it. If you print boards in front and keep them for too long before reflow, the flux is still evaporating, so you are not mitigating the risk. Paste also likes room tempera
Used SMT Equipment | Screen Printers
DEK 03iX Specs: • Process alignment capability 2 Cpk @ ± 25µm 6-Sigma • Machine alignment capability 2 Cpk @ ± 12.5µm 6-Sigma • 12 second cycle time • High Throughput Conveyor (option) , enables core cycle time reduction to just 11 seconds • DE
Used SMT Equipment | Screen Printers
# Green camera :fully programmable lighting system w/ direct, indirect, oblique lighting # DEK Blue understencil cleaner :Standard under stencil cleaning system comprises wet, dry and vacuum strokes to remove excess paste from stencil apertures, prev
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The SMT stencil market has a slew of new options in foil materials, coatings and cutting technologies, all of which promise to improve the solder paste printing process. Which of these options really do help assemblers keep yields up and costs down, and which don’t?
Technical Library | 2021-11-17 18:53:50.0
The demand for product miniaturization, especially in the handheld device area, continues to challenge the board assembly industry. The desire to incorporate more functionality while making the product smaller continues to push board design to its limit. It is not uncommon to find boards with castle-like components right next to miniature components. This type of board poses a special challenge to the board assemblers as it requires a wide range of paste volume to satisfy both small and large components. One way to address the printing challenge is to use creative stencil design to meet the solder paste requirement for both large and small components. ... The most important attribute of a stencil is its release characteristic. In other words, how well the paste releases from the aperture. The paste release, in turn, depends on the surface characteristics of the aperture wall and stencil foil. The recent introduction of new technology, nano-coating for both stencil and squeegee blades, has drawn the attention of many researchers. As the name implies, nano-coated stencils and blades are made by a conventional method such as laser-cut or electroformed then coated with nano-functional material to alter the surface characteristics. This study will evaluate nano-coated stencils for passive component printing, including 01005.
Technical Library | 2020-10-27 02:02:17.0
Solder powder size is a popular topic in the electronics industry due to the continuing trend of miniaturization of electronics. The question commonly asked is "when should we switch from Type 3 to a smaller solder powder?" Solder powder size is usually chosen based on the printing requirements for the solder paste. It is common practice to use IPC Type 4 or 5 solder powders for stencil designs that include area ratios below the recommended IPC limit of 0.66. The effects of solder powder size on printability of solder paste have been well documented. The size of the solder powder affects the performance of the solder paste in other ways. Shelf life, stencil life, reflow performance, voiding behavior, and reactivity / stability are all affected by solder powder size. Testing was conducted to measure each of these solder paste performance attributes for IPC Type 3, Type 4, Type 5 and Type 6 SAC305 solder powders in both water soluble and no clean solder pastes. The performance data for each size of solder powder in each solder paste flux was quantified and summarized. Guidance for choosing the optimal size of solder powder is given based on the results of this study.
Demonstration of BGA rework via stencil printing. BEST's StikNPeel stencil is an adhesive backed stencil which allows users to stick the stencil in to place and simply peel it off the PCB with a temporary adhesive system. This leaves consistent print
ALPHA® TETRABOND™ is the culmination of "frameless" stencil development; an elegantly simple system designed to enhance the rigidity of the foil, making safe mounting and demounting an easier proposition. Innovatively encompassed in a thin, one piece
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Boston Chapter Webinar: Cleaning Chemistry For PWB and Rework - Part 2, session 1
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Boston Chapter Webinar: Cleaning Chemistry For PWB and Rework - Part 2, session 2
smeared solder paste pattern. A typical pad size for
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