Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 15:29:11 EST 2001 | johnw
measuring Paste volume or at least paste height is an essencial part of any SMT process. You've got to control those input's.... Paste volume determines how much solder is available for your joint so theres a direct to joint reliability / PCB reliabi
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 11 00:17:03 EDT 2001 | Dreamsniper
Hi, We got a 0.5mm pitch QFP144 from Altera with the below lead width specs. min. lead width = 0.17mm nominal = 0.22mm maximum = 0.27 What's the best pad or land width for the above? This is what our designer used. Land Width = Component Lead Wi
Electronics Forum | Thu May 03 10:23:33 EDT 2001 | davef
Yes, Alpha's frames help develop upper body strength. All stencils, regardless of the type of frame, can have loose foils. Stencils with removable foils require a specialized storage system for the foils and lots of band-aids. Some foil frame su
Electronics Forum | Tue May 08 03:14:12 EDT 2001 | sinclair
We started our first ENIG process recently and to our surprise, we have many failure on the one and only BGA on the board. The BGA is a 31 mils pitch plastic. Sending the PCBA to 1 cycle of heating/cooling @ 70/-5 degree C yield 40% of failure. With
Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 02:57:03 EDT 2001 | kjellman
Hi, Why not have a look at Philips/Assembl�on, their ACM machine is quite nice. It may also bring you down to Flip Chip, 0201 some through hole and odd form placement. Nice options like bulk feeding, coplanarity tests, fluxing for FC, prom feeders (
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 15 13:46:03 EDT 2001 | Scott D
Igmar, I would check a couple of things. First, check to make sure your oven profile is acceptable. You do not want to shock the parts. Second I would check to see if the parts are breaking in a consistant pattern. Are they always split at the
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 18 01:09:03 EDT 2001 | Dean Stadem
Igmar, If these parts are epoxied in place, and subsequently wave soldered, I would bet you a cup of coffee that they are cracking due to the thermal shock of the wave. Typically there is a valley or dip in the temperature after the pre-heat in the w
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 03 08:14:49 EDT 2001 | Stefan Witte
If you hold your board sideways in a 90 degree angle you apply a force of 1 g to your components. 1 g translates into 32 ft / sec. square. This is not too much acceleration for fearless roller coaster drivers but Melf�s and Tantalums can fall off at
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 06 03:23:01 EDT 2001 | kennyhktan
Hi there Steven ! Please allow me to share some of my problem we're facing here with you. Here are a few points that I suggest you should check on your current process:- (1)PCB - Component land partern design ? It is per IPC spec ? - Mask
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 23 12:50:03 EDT 2001 | nwyatt
In brief, most companies have a board loader, a screen printer machine, various part placement machines (usually at least one chip shooter for small parts and one for fine pitch and larger components), and then a reflow oven. (inspection equipment i