Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 15 13:24:44 EST 2002 | Mike Konrad
Hi Dave, To close-loop or not to close-loop, that is the question� I can not speak for all machines, but in our case, close-loop systems are actually less costly to operate than open-loop systems (we make both). First, determine the volume of wate
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 15:59:55 EST 2002 | pjc
Surface tension is a likely cause. Surface tension is a negative wetting force. You may have a solderability problem. Be sure your flux is properly activated according to the flux mfg. top side board temp. specification. When surfaces to be soldered,
Electronics Forum | Fri May 10 01:41:04 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Steve, Hi mate, was doing some text book reading and saw this one paragraph that commented on the PCB fab plating could have residue chemistry inherent in the PCB if the fab process control isn't up to mark. such chemistry could surface to the Au/N
Electronics Forum | Tue May 14 08:04:58 EDT 2002 | robbied
Hi. Does anyone out there know of a way to calculate the surface area of populated PCB's? We build many different types, and until now have been using a water displacement method, which I believe to be fundamentally flawed. Our technique is to drop a
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 20:44:17 EDT 2002 | davef
Actually, the white res were caused by the water carrier in your Lonco 23F reacting with the res from the nc flux used to solder the component in place. Comments are: * Some nc flux res are cleanable, some are not. Your supplier [Alpha?] can probab
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 09 08:29:10 EDT 2002 | r_sturdevant
I agree with others here who have questioned the amount of solder and reliability of the joint when using this aperture shape. I have had experience with these with MELFS, and the main issue I've seen comes when cleaning the stencil - all those littl
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 08:38:55 EDT 2002 | dasal
Truthfully, there are pro's and con's for both technologies. (put cost of ownership aside for one moment) Nitrogen won't dry humidified components as rapidly as a desiccant dry box. I'm talking about a self regenerating dry box that uses molecular s
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 27 13:52:24 EDT 2002 | Mike Konrad
MK, In most cases, if the machine is completely closed-looped (prewash, wash, prerinse, rinse, final rinse etc), then the water should not require changing. As with most inline cleaners, there should be a considerable amount of water loss in the cl
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 15 15:08:00 EDT 2002 | jersbo
My 2 cents... Screen printing may very well have a leg up on deciding SMT defects... however if you pay attention to your stencil (aperture size ratio etc..) and inspect your prints... I believe its a much lesser number... (paste MFG also plays a ro
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 18 17:47:37 EDT 2002 | russ
What is the determination of poor soldering fails pull test, non-wetting, visual)? I have never heard of an SMT component that has leads higher than the body of the component. Refer to IPC 782 3.6.1.7 it provide the guidelines for SMT standoff heig
