Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 05 00:22:26 EDT 2003 | caldon
We typicaly have 6 basic ones we work from. We can not have one as some of our boards are simple smt to Large ground plains to rf shielding. We also monitor board color and component types...Obviously BGA's are treated a lil different. Some boards ne
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 15:49:40 EDT 2003 | paulm
Thanks Steve for your rather colorful and sarcastic input. If I correlate your asteroid assessment with what our QA Departments data(that tells us we are experiencing this problem about 5% of the time and I am guessing higher when we are forced or re
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 17 17:57:51 EST 2003 | davef
9. * Conversion coatings are very nice "paints" that allow other paints to stick to aluminum. Type 1 coatings are thicker than Type 3, which are whisper thin. Alodine 120X (Amchem) and Iridite 14-2 (Allied Research Products) are good conversion coa
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 19 16:21:26 EST 2004 | davem
Steve is right, Cyberoptics and ASC are the 2 main players in this market. I've used machines produced by both manufacturers and they both do a pretty good jod provided the operators know what they're doing. The LSM and LSM2 are solid but aging mac
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 29 14:58:08 EST 2004 | davef
Josh: Final cure of the LPI solder mask: 310*F for 45 minutes. Your board fabricator needs to do a better job. Most fabs do not check cure, because the processes subsequent to cure are so brutal that the fab expects the following process to highlig
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 20:10:06 EST 2004 | Ken
IF you open up your TV, cd player or color printer you will see RA / RMA flux ON EVERYTHING! The waxy binder protects the halogenated compounds from becoming active with atmospheric moisture. Self healing is a good way to look at it. However, OA is
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 01 16:44:02 EDT 2004 | davef
Se�or Tech: Would you believe it!!! We had the same thing about a week ago. The carbon layer is real thin, almost a brownish color, correct? Couldn�t figure it out for nuthin�. We were all just standing around like dupes, without a clue. We ende
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 01 19:42:46 EDT 2004 | Ken
The biggest fear is mixing the solder pastes and bar solder. Had a training program for teaching folks what the alloys are and how to read them. I have locked up the bar solder and use the buddy system to restock the pot. Put up many signs on le
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 10 06:45:54 EDT 2004 | Snehal Acharya
Hi to all, I'm facing a soldering problem with one of my series of Product, since we were using a two different kind of PCB 1.GE(Glass Epoxy)2.PP(paper phenoline) in later PCB if i will use the same profile of the GE then it will get backed more & i
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 17:25:11 EDT 2004 | davef
In every part of the dive, assume the proper position, keep toes pointed always, relax hands but keep pointed, stretch arms, make sure legs are together during takeoff and the dive, hands have to touch the top of the toes in a pike position, moving t
