Electronics Forum | Wed May 22 12:51:15 EDT 2002 | cyber_wolf
I cannot tell you about the MY-9's , but we have had a MY-12 machine w/i hydra for about two years. We run it pretty steadily on three shifts including a weekend shift. It is a very reliable machine, BUT it is very picky about maintenace. You need to
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 15:24:17 EDT 2002 | davekalen
I have seen manufacturing leave the rust belt for Mexico and I am now seeing Mexico plants closing and work going to China. I know that the equipment sales are really in a slump as everyone else has said. It is interesting to see that company after c
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 13:09:31 EDT 2002 | Hussman69
I'm not scary, just been doing this a looooong time. I've seen alot of things and I've seen a lot of good engineers get flushed for not playing the game right. Too bad some of us have to. And yes, you are right. Removing opportunities for rework
Electronics Forum | Thu May 30 10:45:16 EDT 2002 | sjpence
We got a similar alloy Sn05Pb93.5Ag1.5, of Alpha Vaculoy bars. It is not the eutectic alloy you were looking for but it is close. This alloy and similar high temperature alloys are used in downhole electronics and so a supplier in the Houston area
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 14:36:12 EDT 2002 | russ
does anybody have any info on what the minimum kV power should be on an X-Ray machine to handle general BGA inspection? I have heard that you need a minimum of 100 kV for the Metal top packages but have also heard of people using 50-60 kV but I don't
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 17:21:22 EDT 2002 | jasonfang
I found solderballs are around chip components (on one side of middle area), I checked gerber data, solder paste of aperture on the stencil for these chip components have 5% reduction to solder land on PCB, shape of solder land are square, not home p
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 05 12:22:45 EDT 2002 | Bob
No. Placement force is fine. Also boards have been inspected prior to reflow using microscope with no evidance of misplaced solder balls. The ramp rate has been reduced to acceptable limits, typically .8 - 1.5 degrees per sec. Outgassing from eithe
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 20:47:10 EDT 2002 | russ
A company I used to work for did not use wrist straps in some areas for the same reason. We had a conductive floor (not dissipative wax) and ESD shoes and heel straps that we tested three times a day. If you can ensure that feet are always on the fl
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 01:37:58 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Seje: Hi mate, I work in a manufacturing PCBA plant(factory). I hold the title of "Engineer" under our company org chart. Sales and marketing is not within my portfolio. So I am not seriously offended by that poke at salesmen. However I put mysel
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 19 09:17:21 EDT 2002 | doctord
I am looking to create a "User Group" for Amistar equipment. We are a midwest contract manufacturer with several Amistar placment machines. With the recent departure of Qualmax as an I-Pulse distributor, users in the US are left with few options. I w