Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 20 15:03:18 EST 2001 | davef
I have a knack for asking those "set-up" questions of sales types during their presentations. It's so bad, I don't even have to pay for lunch to attend SMTA meetings. The "presenter" pays for Dave. YES!!! I've read the Richard S. Clouthier "SMT S
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 18:07:16 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| We have some SMT components with gold plated leads. They're actually LCC led packages. A good solder alloy to use would be Indium / Lead to reduce tin dissolution into the gold and avoid the resultant brittle intermetallic compound. However, a reco
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 22 13:15:43 EST 1999 | Dave F
| Does anybody have any reliable alternatives to device bake out for plastic bodied components. We do not use a whole package at time and therefore have to oven bake the balance before we can use them. | I have come accross dry nitrogen storage cham
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 26 06:05:32 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Certain board designs require the unavoidable use of non-plated holes and slots. Presently, this requires a trip back to the drill house to open up the aforementioned holes, to remove the unwanted plating. In situations requiring non-plated holes a
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 22:18:18 EDT 1998 | David Newman
Hello, I am looking for suggestions for cleaning pcb's after the routing (fabrication) process. Keep in mind that these pcb do not have components intalled on them yet. We have considered pre-drilling the routing plunge points, but cost and capacity
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 17:56:35 EDT 2001 | seand
Hello all, My respone here is to add options for evaluation for the engineer. Not to convey that they are the only options as that would be reckless. Cyberoptics does have a standard line of machines configured for in line paste inspection. Some
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 14 14:13:25 EDT 2002 | davef
I assume you're looking at stencil fab equipment because you need 'faster turns' than you can get from available stencil suppliers. While you're assessing this, consider other alternatives, such as: * Dispensing paste. [A very funny SMTNetter, livin
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 12 22:50:46 EDT 2004 | davef
For more information on flame retardents, try these sites: * http://www.bsef.com * http://www.firesafety.org For the summary of a study into flame retardants try: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/PRC/ IVF carried out an international study on alternati
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 19:47:05 EDT 2004 | davef
Glue has different mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties than solder. That's why all these very nice no-lead people are furiously trying to gin-up some wacky solder alloy, rather than using glue. Among the papers in the SMTA Knowledge base
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 31 15:02:52 EST 2005 | gs
First of all ask your Suplliers to provide you SMD in Tape & reel, second point, you can ask Service for Tape & Reel or in case components are not so many, you could asses ef convenient to buy a sinple maual Tape & Ree machine and do it inside your f
