Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 24 14:56:11 EDT 2001 | Hussman
Paul, All the machines yulisted are very god at placement. One thing to keep in mind is parts availability. Some of our jobs come from the customer in "kits". Not everyone supplies you with a full real of parts. Be sure that the machine you pick
Electronics Forum | Wed May 22 16:36:13 EDT 2002 | slthomas
What methods do you guys use for maintaining lot and/or board traceability? When I worked in med. products, we used travelers that we recorded everything on, then serialized them at the end of the build. Not as effective as up front serialization,
Electronics Forum | Mon May 21 17:32:23 EDT 2001 | davef
I said: "Our electronic circuit board fabricators seal the boards in moisture barrier bags [MBB]. We discontinued the use of desiccant bags in these MBB because of concerns about the desiccant releasing materials that would affect the solderability
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 23 08:28:11 EST 2007 | James
I just wanted to know if anyone stores their vacuum sealed bags on their sides instead of flat. We are trying to save room, but I dont want to create defects either. The ones we have are tightly vacuum sealed and would like to store on their sides
Electronics Forum | Tue May 15 21:57:06 EDT 2001 | davef
Welcome!!! Where the hay ya been??? Sorry bud, were lining-up with your fab [it hurts me to say that, but when yer ] We used to dry pack with desiccants, also. Its probably an old MIL-STD-2073-1C requirement [er something like that]. We qui
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 01 10:06:51 EST 1999 | Chris Fontaine
All of our moisture sensitive components are shipped to us in vacuum sealed, desiccated bags with a moisture indicator. When the parts are removed from the bag (this is done at either SMT setup, or in the stockroom) the indicator is checked. If it
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 17:12:13 EST 2012 | davef
Yes, we're all amazed when the nightly news announcer requests that we call the crime fighters hotline to ID the perp [closely resembling a garbage bag filled with potatoes] that was 'taped' on such high quality video while pistol-whipping a clerk at
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 26 10:05:41 EDT 2012 | testbloke
Although we do not have any soldering issues with our OSP PCB's, I am trying to establish clear rules with regards pcb storage and shelf life. Our PCB's are supplied in metalised moisture barrier bags but without desicant, our current rules as follow
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 20 10:41:22 EDT 1999 | Eric Lerz
Our company (assembler and user) has experienced some board problems relating to warpage and solderability. The manner in which they are packaged by our fabricators and stored in our stock prior to assembly has been questioned (as one of many factor
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 08 20:11:20 EDT 2006 | Dick Koriska
I was once like that, worked for a major telecom manufacturer, couldn't design my way out of a paper bag, and now I'm making wooden pallets. My latest project is analysing the forces required to drive a nail into a plywood wooden pallet.