Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 21 07:25:12 EST 2005 | cyber_wolf
We have lab sink in our SMT area that we use for washing off stencils and hand tools that are contaminated with solder paste. The sink has a float in it and when the water level reaches a certain point it pumps the main basin out through a filter th
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 31 10:14:06 EST 2005 | davef
There's some nice low-VOC uV coatings out there. We don�t use uV cured coatings, but try: * http://www.emersoncuming.com * http://www.dymax.com * http://www.mgchemicals.com * http://www.loctite.com * http://www.humiseal.com Be aware that uV co
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 03 10:07:40 EDT 2005 | davef
In 2001, IVF evaluated the reliability of IBM CBGA and CCGA, i.e. packages with "hard" balls and columns, in space applications for the European Space Agency. One clear result was that amount of solder paste printed on the solder lands is very critic
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 05 09:27:49 EDT 2005 | russ
These sound like european machines, From what I can tell so far Lead Free capable ovens just mean that they have hotter heating elements, and blower fans that can take the additional heat supposedly. It does not appear to have anything to do with t
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 15 08:23:14 EDT 2005 | cyber_wolf
We are seeing more and more jobs come in with matrix tray parts for our mydata machines. The problem is that the largest Y wagon will only hold 3 or less trays. We have some jobs that have 10+ trays. Currently our operators cut the trays down to sma
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 22 10:12:14 EDT 2005 | davef
Common RTV does out-gas causing corrosion. NASA allows use of non/low-out-gassing RTV. Try the following companies: * Ablestik Electronic: Materials, 20021 Susana Road, Rancho Dominguez, California 90221 U.S.A., 310-764.4600, F 310-764-2545 * Arlon
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 26 15:21:11 EDT 2005 | russ
Sounds to me like they are thinking since they have a gold board that it must be processed lead free. This kind of thing is happening all over since OEMs are starting to think about pb free and sending their purchasing and engineering to these semin
Electronics Forum | Tue May 03 04:13:07 EDT 2005 | Rob
No offence, but the Universal platform is hardly in the same league in terms of user friendlyness & ease of working on than a Mydata. However it does murder the Mydata in terms of accuracy, repeatability, longevity etc. & the Lightning head leaves
Electronics Forum | Tue May 03 08:11:02 EDT 2005 | jh0n!
I appreciate the detailed reply. However, I had tried dimensioning the stencil to everything imaginable, including the correct/measured dimensions. Interestingly enough, after loading a new stencil into our adaptor, I had no errors with the new pro
Electronics Forum | Sat May 14 17:25:20 EDT 2005 | fastek
"What can be done to create economical advantages over here is review the product flow and eliminate process steps with current existing technology. Process steps that can safely be eliminated are cleaning, visual inspection, post wave assembly etc.
