Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 07:06:42 EST 1999 | Charles Stringer
| | | | I need to setup an oven to run with a nitrogen atmosphere for | | boards with BGA's, but our ovens do not have the optional atmosphere monitor and controller. Is there a good way to sample and control the atmosphere without the optional bui
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 04 18:56:25 EST 1999 | Marc P.
| We have a Vitronics SMR400N oven and many times need to use N2 inerting. My problem is that it takes close to an hour of operation to purge the system to achieve the desired O2 levels (~40PPM). This is not only time consuming but results in an inor
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 28 18:51:52 EDT 2004 | gregoryyork
Found problem many years ago by chemical extraction and IR analysis, produces alarming amounts of plasticizer from under cured or incorrect mix of hardener to liquid photoimageable solder resist. Problems this causes are endless and many things blame
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 08 22:32:53 EDT 1998 | E.
*Reply to: ericr@nj.tanon.com Without going into a lengthy explaination {at this time}, has anyone experimented, tested, evaluate, and/or 'perfected' an SMT double-side reflow process. Presently I'm using a Kester R593 OA (water soluble) Sn63/Pb37 -
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 18:24:13 EDT 2004 | pjohnson@volterra.com
Simple process - we use similar Kester solder brands of "no clean" low residue solder wick to clean our pads, then brush with isopropyl, and apply Kesters brand of tacky flux under a Leica 6x microscope. We do this on 7x7mm and 9x9mm packages. This w
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 06 15:47:09 EDT 2006 | jbrower
Last week I had the opportunity to get a sample of AIM SN100C solder paste. The SN100C paste was very nice to work with. My initial observations was that the paste had a very light odor, much less than the Alpha UP78 paste that we are currently
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 10 04:58:18 EDT 1998 | Tony B
| *Reply to: ericr@nj.tanon.com | | Without going into a lengthy explaination {at this time}, has anyone experimented, tested, evaluate, and/or 'perfected' an SMT double-side reflow process. Presently I'm using a Kester R593 OA (water soluble) Sn63/
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 29 08:12:56 EST 2008 | davef
Solder paste suppliers often make recommendations on solder paste handling after removing it from the container [eg, jar, cartridge, etc]. For instance, Multicore Solder Paste Handling Guidelines, September 2004 says: As a general rule, paste that h
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 08 11:50:55 EST 2011 | pgoodyear
As a technician that does frequent board level repair / rework some issues have come to mind. I have been an electronics technician for almost 50 years. In that time I have seen the evolution of electronics from point to point wiring using vacuum
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 25 05:56:32 EDT 2019 | pdrirrework
Hello, Have you had a look into our Focused IR Rework systems? A popular alternative to the convectional Rework systems. Our IR-E3M (Micro) would be perfect for your applciation and on one machine you will have the capability of Reworking BGAs up to