Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 11:22:29 EST 2004 | clampron
We are using the Red-E Sets on our DEK Infinities and they are working fairly well. There are some issues but the setup time beat the Form Flex and was more reliable than the Autoflex in our machines. We looked at Grid Lock. This seemed to solve all
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 13:34:44 EST 2004 | dorklover664
Did you like the FormFlex tooling as far as support goes? I would be more inclined to spend the set up time if we got better support. As of now we have about 30min, between runs so the set up time isn�t as important as the cost and the support is. We
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 10 08:19:19 EST 2004 | davef
Dynaperts are good machines. If yours works, it should more than cover your costs. Alternatives are: * There is a large number of used assembly equipment resellers out there. Some of them buy banners here on SMTnet. You can find lists of them by
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 15 20:17:48 EST 2004 | cmiller
We have switched from IIT pro-plates to QTS stencils. lots of companies provide them. We still buy from IIT, they have been one of the best suppliers we have had. The single axes tightening just does not get it anymore with the super small parts we h
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 03 16:34:10 EST 2005 | davef
The main advantage if ENIG over HASL is that ENIG is flat and HASL generally is not. The main disadvanages to ENIG over HASL are: * Cost of ENIG is 1.5 - 2X higher than HASL * Selflife is less than HASL * You solder to nickel, rather than copper * E
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 11:54:14 EST 2005 | TomA
Indy, I found the same findings as you. The claim is that the solder joint may actually look closer to a SnPb solder joint then the SAC alloys. I had commited to the SAC alloys at SMT before finding out about the SN100C alloy. I'm interested in what
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 09 12:28:58 EST 2005 | Valerie
We have been pretty successful with screen printing glue, however the smallest component we now glue is a 0805. We had many problems using our Gemini II to put down glue dots for a 0603, so we altered the pads to do double-side reflow. As our own int
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 07:58:16 EST 2005 | davef
We hear you. If it's not broken, why fix it? Right? Well intentioned, but not very educated customers seems to be part of the bane of existance of process engineers at contractors. First, as a previous poster said, paste height is an improper mea
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 18:09:43 EST 2005 | Austinj
I am currently using the following equipment for low volume and occasional BGA rework: BGA-3591/CSP-3501 115V Rework System. This system is fairly inexpensive, unsure of the actual price, However, can be used to rework QFP and PLCC components.(of co
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 21:37:42 EST 2005 | ABHI
It depends on your product requirements. I have seen aluminium wire bonding operations in as high as class 100K clean rooms. These are the assembly areas for calculators. The best is class 10K clean room for wire bonding. You can go upto fine pitch w
