Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 15:23:47 EDT 1998 | Dana Wentworth
| I am interested in hearing about people's experiences with buying used pick and place and stencil printing equipment. For example, was the cost saving worth the experience, was technical support available before and after the sale, did you deal dir
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 13 07:53:40 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | Couple of questions. | | 1) Are we talking alumina substrates as the ceramic material? | | 2) Are we co-firing gold as the conductors on the substrate surface? | | 3) In other words, is this a hybrid thick film circuit? | | 4) If so, how large or
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 12 00:01:56 EDT 1998 | Peter
I have a customer who is transitioning from 100% thru hole boards to designing boards with smt components. We gave them our basic DFM guidelines and they have laid out 2 boards following these guidelines. When I saw the result of their first pass, I
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 07 02:30:08 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
| | No sour grapes, | | This has gone on too long. I expect no free advertising, nor do I seek it. It is clearly understood Bob is an industry leading consultant. What is not understood, at least by me, how he is allowed to "advertise" so freely on t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 30 14:16:32 EDT 1998 | Phil Crane
| WHAT SHOULD THE RATIO BE OF STENCIL APERATURE TO PAD TO GET GOOD QUALITY RESULTS. BY THAT I MEAN, A MINIMM OF SOLDER BALLS, AND LITTLE TO NO BRIDGING, SHORTS, ETC.. | RIGHT NOW WE ARE USING A 1:1 RATIO, BUT ARE INVESTIGATING REDUCING THE APERATU
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 02 06:54:26 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
You may liketo contact Chemtech in the UK. http://chemteck.co.uk as they have a new hand book on stencils and a design guide due for release shortly there is also some stencil information as a survey on types and price on my web sites under surveys h
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 23 22:50:38 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hey youse guyz... We're finally getting our first real job at the start-up I'm working at. It's actually a pretty unique little board too. Simple as all get out, but unique. You're not gonna believe what this goes into...guess? (I bet ya' you'll neve
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 17 14:31:11 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Yeeeeeeeee-Haw! It's FRIDAY!!! There....got that offa' my chest...feel better now..hehehe Is everyone hot enough yet? I think all my volatiles have been driven off, I'm preheated pretty good, so I'm jes' about ready to reflow.....whew! Anyways, I di
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 09 08:03:48 EDT 1998 | smd
OK, I'll take a little abuse as long as you guys are giving me all this great advice. I am concerned about what might happen when a drop here and there comes from the connectors and is absorbed into the box. The box is going to suffer from this. I am
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 09 08:04:11 EDT 1998 | smd
OK, I'll take a little abuse as long as you guys are giving me all this great advice. I am concerned about what might happen when a drop here and there comes from the connectors and is absorbed into the box. The box is going to suffer from this. I am
