Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 19 00:37:43 EDT 2001 | ianchan
Hi, my guys did such solder paste deposits on PCB bareboards before, (before my physical join with my current company), approximately 2-3 years ago, for a small Lot run. What the PCB supplier did was to apply "block" shaped Sn/Pb paste alloy onto t
Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 10:33:46 EDT 2001 | Eyal Duzy
Genny, I would like to correct part of the things that you were told. As far as I know, X-Ray tools are not positioned as tools to find solder volume simply because it is not a strong point for them. An X-Ray image is either a projection (2D transm
Electronics Forum | Tue May 22 17:21:43 EDT 2001 | davef
BGA require placement accuracy of only 0.3mm (�12 thou), compared with a required placement accuracy of 0.08mm (�3 thou) for fine pitch devices. Even with this level of misalignment, plastic BGA self-center / self-correct during reflow due to symmetr
Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 18:17:56 EDT 2001 | davef
No chart for you, but I will comment that a prudent product manager would require a substantial reason to accept the risk of product failure and loss of profit to redesign his / her product. We merrily assemble many boards each month that were desig
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 10 12:47:36 EDT 2001 | procon
Hi Jacob, NC vs WS, what a story! No-clean paste means no-clean for your products but what a mess it makes in your reflow systems. If you are a contract maunufacturer of high volume production, then No-Clean is they way to go. This helps keep your co
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 13 18:04:00 EDT 2001 | traviss
It is possible with a few universal profiles. I did this with 3 temperature ranges and 3 speeds for each, 9 profiles total. With this setup I could run any of about 150 boards most of them in the middle 3 profiles. My goal was to reduce change over i
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 19 17:33:09 EDT 2001 | genny
We don't actually leave the residue on the board, even though the Kester spec sheet says it is ok not to clean - we do spot hand cleaning with Safety Wash. Kester also said that there shouldn't be any problem with mixing RA with no-clean, although w
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 25 11:09:26 EDT 2001 | wbu
Who is this, another Dave F ? For me there�s no problem with balling and beading. I know that the boards I have with the new paste do have all what�s needed for balling and beading, just one of the oldest designs with a stencil ...., oh boy, didn�t
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 30 14:17:53 EDT 2001 | stefwitt
I would highly recommend that you test drive your vehicle before you buy it. Buy a test kit from Topline and have a stencil made. Make an appointment with the machine manufacturer and let them know that you come with your own boards and components.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 25 09:08:22 EDT 2001 | Dave G
What type of board finish ? I've seen this same defect with QFP's on some of our HASL boards. Best I can tell either the PCB's have poor solderability or uneven pad heights due to poor solder leveling at the PCB fab. Newer PCB's seem to yield bette
