Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 26 12:12:55 EST 2013 | igorfo
Dear Friends, I need your help to understand requirements and measurement methods for bow and twist of assembled PCB (PCBA have and SMT and TH components). I already check all posts on the site but didn't found any related to my question answers.
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 11:44:55 EDT 2001 | CAL
650 Standards are also located in the back of IPC JSTD-001. I am currently looking at 4 pages on bow and twist. Percent bow = R1-R2/L x 100 (R1= Highest point; R2=lowest or resting point; l= length) Percent twist=(R1-R2)/(2xL)x 100 Sorry if this is
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 14:03:18 EDT 2001 | Ryan Jennens
Dougie- We,too, have the IPC-A-600F, and the spec. refers to IPC-TM-650 test method in the back of the book. Look on page Number 2.4.22 of the test methods appendix. This outlines the procedure for determining the percentage of bow and twist,
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 07:12:22 EDT 2001 | wbu
Dougie, oh yes, it�s a bit short that chapter. I have the Revision e in front of me and this one contains in the appendix the needed IPC-TM-650 Test method for bow and twist. Can�t think that they don�t have that in the new revision. Hope you find
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 13:55:09 EDT 2001 | kawiederhold
Hey Dougie, If you go to IPC.ORG and click on the on-line resources and databases, then on the "free downloads" link, the second or third document "for free" is the IPC-TM-650 in its entirety. It does discuss the test you are looking for! Have fun
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 05:32:39 EDT 2001 | dougie
Hi, I've just splashed out �60 on IPC-A-600F trying to find out the formula for measuring the bow and twist of raw PCB's. Much to my dismay there are 10 lines on the subject in the whole standard. Worse still is that it tells me nothing I don't alre
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 28 18:59:25 EST 2002 | tkenny007
Specs for Bow and Twist for PCBs (IPC-A-610C, 10.6. There may be an update by now). I also have a note in our quality guide referencing (IPC-TM-650, 2.4.22) and (MIL-STD-105D). In summary, a PCB should not bow more than 0.040" with all four corner
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 09 07:53:16 EDT 2012 | davef
Allowable bow & twist: Together, both IPC-A-600G and IPC-6012B represent the core IPC documents for describing the acceptable and nonconforming conditions that are either externally or internally visible on finished printed boards. IPC-A-600G relies
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 07 20:16:23 EDT 2005 | davef
Q1) Simple way to measure the PCB warpage A1) IPC-TM-650; Method 2.4.22 Bow & Twist Q2) What is the maximum warpage can the SMT machine allow the to accept and place the component without problem. A2) That depends. IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Elect
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 12:27:10 EST 2003 | stevel
Hi all, We got some bare pwb in our incoming inspecion looked really wrapped. The maximum twist of the pwb we messured is 0.056inch by following the method in IPC-TM-650 2.4.22 C. (The diagonal size of our pwb is 7.5inch) According to the IPC standa
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