Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 10 18:19:42 EDT 2002 | davef
Flex cracking under the terminations is generally regarded as one of the primary causes of failure of ceramic chips. If you can see cracks in the solder joints from board flex, those chips are certainly strongly suspect, and you must assume there is
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 24 04:23:42 EDT 2002 | harisfaisal
Juan, I believe in term of height vs volume, volume is much better control. By the way we used Cyber Sentry 2000 which allows us to measure volume, height and area. My plant normal practice is measuring the height. Last time I did the control limit
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 15 08:35:42 EDT 2002 | davef
That 60+% print defects number has been bantied around for so long in the electronic assembly business for so long that people believe that it's true. One starting point for this myth and lore is: "Where Quality Is Lost On SMT Boards" C Mangin, 'Cir
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 17 15:47:42 EDT 2002 | stepheno
Where I worked previously we had some boards with a couple 15 mil pitch parts. The first batch we got all had undersized pads. We had lots of bridging. We had less bridging with bigger pads. The ball size in the paste makes a bigger diffence regar
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 10 19:27:42 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
I am an OEM �sales type� I think just about everyone on the forum knows that. I do not think it matters who is making postings provided they can offer factual answers, solutions or legitimate suggestions to solve the problem at hand. I personally t
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 30 10:26:42 EST 2002 | Randy V.
I would perform a simple solderability test per ANSI/J-STD-002. You can do this using a compatable no-clean flux like Indium NC771 and a solder pot. If the leads wet well you do not have a solderability problem. I did not notice what plating was on t
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 12 09:21:42 EST 2002 | blnorman
What we did: *Slump-dot diameter and height as a function of time *Print Speed-Vary speed, measure slump and missing/defects *Green Strength-We quantifiably measured tack vs time and we placed components and measure skew by SVS *Cure profile sensitiv
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 10 10:09:42 EST 2003 | mantis
Hi In selecting or substituting a capacitor for use, consideration must be given to (1) the value of capacitance desired and (2) the amount of voltage to be applied across the capacitor. If the voltage applied across the capacitor is t
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 26 17:05:42 EST 2003 | davef
Q1: Are the markings on resistors the actual value? A1: Generally, resistor marking indicates the value of the device, where the first two digits are the value and the third digit is the multiplier. Q2: Do AOI machines look for these markings or do
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 24 11:02:42 EST 2003 | Claude_Couture
Every time this problem was brought to me, handling was the problem. Make sure to: 1- track the exact place the components are lost, i.e.: visually inspect the pcb before and after each step in your assembly line. 2- if step one does not pin point t
