Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 02 11:57:08 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Well, I thing mowing his lawn will get your farther, but if you insist.... Fids - Fiducial registration seems to be a bear with most machines. Especially now that most boards are shipped form over seas, the quality is all over the map. Plus the fa
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 06 10:27:07 EST 2001 | Dave F
This is a very timely topic, as we drift [buffeted by the combined wind of everyone down-stream in the supply chain ] on waves carrying all of us from the land of lead to the land of no-lead. I want to say there was a recent trade journal article pu
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 26 08:53:33 EST 2001 | wbu
Don�t panic and don�t hope to get past the dreck. I had a dream... but than I realized that it takes 1. hard work 2. perseverance 3. hard work (... because it takes twice as much hard work as it takes perseverance ) My personal experience (faults):
Electronics Forum | Tue May 08 13:39:27 EDT 2001 | genny
Thank you for your response. I have been told that x-ray strength is finding solder volume and pattern root cause defects, and will catch a high % of them - opens, shorts, insufficient solder, and missing components(shape of solder on pad w/o lead i
Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 10:40:10 EDT 2001 | davef
First, your primary side component pads should be designed according to SM-782A, "Surface Mount design & Land Pattern Standard". Next if you did that and your secondary side component pads are the same size as your primary side components, your diff
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 12 10:15:40 EST 2000 | Rick Thompson
I have to agree with Michael's comments. We've been evaluating systems for a month or so. There's a pretty wide range depending on what you're looking for. I'd say the first thing needed is to define your expectations. Are you looking for solder in
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 15:06:05 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Guys & Gals, | | I am at present instigating a formal method of recording and tracking any "process" trials that we may wish to run, such as a new paste, different packaged device etc; | | I started with a simple form.....too simple, but now I th
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 07:03:05 EDT 1999 | Scott Cook
| Hi everyone, | | Greetings! | | I�ve got a 2-layered through-hole PCB�s having the following problems: | | Solder Mask peels after wave soldering at random locations and only at the bootom side of the PCB | Insufficient Solder and some solder ne
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 23:57:16 EDT 1999 | Jeff Sanchez
| | I finaly get a vacation and decide to go to the forum and low and behold it's hot air verses a small ray of sun.I read every thread and still failed to see any real argument either way? I love rework as an assembler. I hate rework as a shop owner
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 28 06:33:43 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | | I'm trying to start a small SMT contract shop and I need | | | | assistance in selecting equipment. Quad seems to be the | | | | leader but if there is something else out there that can | | | | better suit me please let me know. My shop star