Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 07:22:17 EDT 2008 | davef
Not sure what software you have, but somehow you must be accumulating costs by process and you probably know [or can figure-out] how many boards you processed. From this, you can calculate a standard cost of a process. Continuing, there is a thread,
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 10 15:36:06 EST 2013 | davef
Assuming your conformal coating material was selected with the intent of living a life in contact with oil, why doesn't your coating meet the IPC-A-610D requirement of that there be no voiding, no breaks in the surface, no loss of adhesion, etc? Furt
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 26 15:58:04 EDT 2016 | deanm
We have in-house PCB fabrication capability for items such as simple single-sided prototype boards, copper shields and copper stencils for our paint shop. We are having difficulty acquiring small containers of chemicals, especially developer and stri
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 28 04:16:53 EDT 2016 | sarason
Which chemicals do you need and what process are you running? PCB manufacture is a fairly well understood , but there are quite a few complex processes. To end up with a board. there are a few small specialist suppliers like Think/Tinker and MG Chemi
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 15 15:14:20 EST 2018 | dleeper
How are you shipping, 3rd party such as UPS, DHL, etc. Or do you have your own personnel who will be a lot more carful with the packages? I've shipped boards just in the silver ESD bags with out problems. The trick is to pack them fairly tightly so
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 21:10:49 EDT 2003 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 01 10:15:29 EDT 2004 | davef
We agree with John about his comments on the controlable factors relating to your printer, but we'd add that paste formulation and mesh are also contributors to nice looking bricks.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 13 07:22:43 EDT 2004 | Kris
Hi Imtiaz, Can you give a brakup of the 23 components and their end mettalurgy ? Chip ?? QFP/TSOP ?? BGA ?? Aluminium Caps ?? this will determine whether you can do it or not
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 13 10:12:06 EDT 2004 | davef
While you're waiting for others to reply, consider searching the fine SMTnet Archives for threads like this: http://www.smtnet.com//forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=7290Message29140
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 12 08:30:29 EDT 2004 | davef
Well, another alternative is to use a water washable flux. If you insist on staying with a NC flux, use one that is probable. We prefer to probe solder, rather than copper.