Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 27 10:57:20 EST 2005 | DannyJ
I'm not sure if I understand the question correctly... Mainly, drill the mushroomed end of the rivet with a drill bit that is slightly larger than the shaft size of the rivet and remove the cover. Then, you should have easy access to what you need t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 10 14:44:42 EST 2006 | greg york
Not sure about Sn/Cu/Ni large market share here in Europe as we have a large part of the UK market with SACP0307 alloy 0.3%Ag introduced over Two years ago Also worked against Sn/Cu/Ni alloy with large TV Co and they went with 0.3%Ag due to reliabili
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 10:12:23 EST 2006 | ratsalad
I've used an old version (maybe 7 or 8 years old) of GC-Place to convert gerber to centroid data. It is semi-automatic. If I remember correctly we'd start by selecting the pads for the largest components first. The software would find matching gro
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 06 10:49:03 EST 2006 | PWH
We had a bad situation with solvent wipe. One of the solvent supply lines cracked and the solvent got on a cluster of air lines. The air line material reacted poorly and we blew what seemed like one airline per day for a couple weeks. I had to cut
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 04 16:56:25 EST 2006 | dajesk2003
We have an Ionograph 500 M SMD II tester. A couple of months ago, it began failing bare boards at a very high rate. We use 10ug/in2 as our standard. Typically we would fail, maybe one board every 6 months. In the past two months, at least 15 boar
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 06 16:14:10 EST 2006 | trynders
Have had a lot of issues with our machine and was just curious if anyone else out there was having any problems with theirs. This is actully our second 3Z. Our first one had so many problems Contact took it back and replaced it with a newer one. Abou
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 09 19:55:32 EST 2006 | davef
"Poor release" (paste hanging-up in the stencil holes) could have three main (or combination of) causes: 1 Equipment * Proper aperture area ratio provide better release * Laser cut release better than chemical etched stencil 2 Process * Snap-off dis
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 10:29:34 EST 2006 | chunks
Wow, you got off easy. He made a smock suggestion for ESD and next thing ya know we all had these stupid things that didn't fit right, get in the way and became a major pain in the arse (not to mention the people that never wash them. Stains are no
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 10 14:04:38 EST 2006 | Mike Konrad
Flashback time� Vapor degreasers, although still used in limited applications, no longer represent the conventional wisdom (due to multiple environmental issues). Aqueous-based technologies are the most common method of defluxing. Unlike most va
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 13 10:39:53 EST 2006 | samir
Good one! I remember at my old company, the auditors, both internal and external would go immediately to the refrigerator where we kept our glue and solder paste and then they would spend most of their time there, because they were afraid of all of
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