Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 21 07:05:32 EDT 2012 | doremi
Hello sergio, Probably it is too late to answer to your question, but I can not withstand to say some good words about Omron AOI. I'm located in Europe, 6 years ago our company wanted to make some Japanese manufacturers like Mazda & Toyota our client
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 08 20:57:52 EST 2001 | Dave F
Are you talking about bare board cleanliness or assembly level cleanliness? Bare board cleanliness is still primarily measured by resistivity of solvent extract (ROSE) using instruments such as Omegameters and Zero Ions. What is considered as "acce
Electronics Forum | Sun May 30 08:50:42 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Yes l know this problem keeps cropping up on the forum but l've missed some of the follow-ups. | | Our problem is that the lifting only occurs on 3% of production so actually detecting an improvement is difficult. We're actually having to inspect
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:50:49 EDT 1998 | Lou
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:47:36 EDT 1998 | Lou
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 29 14:16:16 EDT 2011 | ppcbs
Below is the long explanation. This defect is most commonly found with BGA components, but can arrise with all components. I see it happening more now with lead free boards that are being assembled with a no clean flux. Best short term remedy is t
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 04:07:29 EST 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Jeff: We had a similar problem a couple of years ago with boards from one specific subcon. At first sight the joints looked well formed sometimes with a little bit more sometimes with a little bit less solder but still in limits not to be worried abo
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 29 05:58:28 EDT 2000 | Chris May
Andy, I have been "evaluating" some AOI systems. However, some of these are actually SAOI (Semi Automatic Optical Inspection), which is not a problem if that is what fits your process and budget. You can buy a high end system complete with many cam
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 17 07:53:31 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Getting things "foolproof" is sometimes a hard effort and can cost a lot of money. Who is able to tell that it actually saves money instead of wasting it. Transfering responsibility from operators to a system may lead to a somewhat less responsible a
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 11:51:24 EST 2001 | fmonette
Popcorning is the common designation for defects related to the moiture sensitivity of plastic molded components, like PBGAs. The plastic body of these parts will absorb moisture from the ambiant atmosphere on your factory floor. If a critical level
