Electronics Forum | Tue May 11 12:02:03 EDT 1999 | Tony
| We are currently looking at purchasing some BGA rework equipment. Could someone give us the pro's and cons of IR heating (top/bottom)vs. hot air convection ? | All other tips are also welcome. | | Thanks | Philip, I have been doing BGA rework for
Electronics Forum | Mon May 03 17:23:24 EDT 1999 | Kelly Morris
I am about to embark on an effort to evaluate 3 different solder material suppliers and their recommended materials for our assembly process, in an effort to find the best supplier/material. We do mixed technology, with NOCLEAN chemistry so I will b
Electronics Forum | Mon May 03 09:42:45 EDT 1999 | Mike McMonagle
| Tombstoning 0805s w/palladium/platinum/silver terminations | | We are experiencing tombstoning problems on 0805 packages that have paladium/platinum/silver terminations. It comes & goes...... | | I�ve checked the reflow profile, and paste deposi
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 29 20:03:10 EDT 1999 | Cunli Jia @ SMTnet
Steve, Check out the SMTnet First Chapter Bookstore on this site. We carry several tapes and books that may be of interest to you. If you find what you need elsewhere, please let us know too, so that we can add them in our bookstore. Please fol
Electronics Forum | Mon May 03 17:10:10 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| John: Homeplate is a reference from that American version of cricket ... baseball. In baseball, the pitcher throws the ball towards the batter and the ball must pass over homeplate to be considered to be strike. The ball also must be between the
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 12:03:59 EDT 1999 | Michael N.
I'm having problems with trying to get a good solder joint using a Ceramic PCB. We are using AMTECH hi-temp solder (ws-486 96.5/3.5ag). My profile looks great and I used the recommended profile from Amtech with a few adjustments. My max temp is about
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 20 03:08:47 EDT 1999 | Scott Davies
| I had someone suggest that they weren't really necessary as long as your process is good. Is this just a way to help you keep an eye on your process? | | I was thinking, as we set up our line, our money would be more well spent with controlling t
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 12 15:49:03 EDT 1999 | Cunli Jia
To All, Good news: now you have a place to easily share your papers, articles, news, etc. on SMTnet. We have just finished automating the SMT Library and SMT News. Although both are still in Beta testing, and we anticipate some errors, they are re
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 03 19:56:56 EST 1999 | M Cox
I now have the opportunity to work on the MVII's. And I have some questions Do the PCB's have to have tooling holes for the transport of Boards in and out of the machine? These machines are running like S___t. Lots of parts in the reject bin, and s
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 31 09:00:29 EST 1999 | Cunli Jia
Andy, Right now a SMTneter's Profile is only generated for a registered individual and is accessable only from a message that the person posted. Very soon we will generate a SMTneter Profile for people who have registered their companies. We wil
