Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 07:44:06 EST 2006 | samir
Is your customer hands-off when it comes to what type of process materials you use on their assemblies?? In the world of Contract Manufacturing Hell, you'll have a mixed bag of customers...some, who don't care what materials you use - after all, YOU
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 26 12:38:33 EDT 2006 | TMC
I would suggest you do the following: get a sample / scrap board that you will be reflowing, attach thermocouples at various locations on the board, send the board to APS or whomever. Ask them to run a profile based on your solder pastes manufactur
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 08:31:28 EDT 2006 | marc
Hi James Short answer... yes... long answer...impingement velocity is excellent for heat transfer but it also is a higher risk of moving components. Variable speed blowers allow you to reduce the speed / impingment and more than likly your compone
Electronics Forum | Sun May 21 09:38:25 EDT 2006 | davef
Epoxy Removal and IC Delidding [Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, Chapter 14] Encapsulation of critical components using epoxy or other adhesives is commonly done to prevent tampering and device access (the microprocessor shown
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 10:27:33 EDT 2006 | smt_guru
I see most of the feedback that I get from this forum is non-appreciative. You people do not embrace new ideas or innovative and out-of-the-box thinking. I will provide my expertise in other venues. As a great thinker/Philosopher like myself once
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 05 14:01:48 EDT 2006 | Brian
I have used, Siemens, Juki, Fuji, Universal, and Assembleon. All of them can do the job, depending on the machine mix selected. I personally prefer MPM screenprinters, after using both DEK and MPM. BTU, Vitronics, Heller, and Ellectrovert all make
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 10:22:28 EDT 2006 | PWH
I've done this stuff on UP3000's and AP's so hopefully my advice will help with your 2000... You can get into all upper level user modes, correct? You don't mention test, cal. or field service mode. If you can't get into those, I can send you a pr
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 09:09:36 EDT 2006 | Chunks
Hi Evtimov, You need to call your manufacturer! Just joking! Sorry, but it is a "forum", which means you need to pick and choose your information carefully. Some are rookies that may give a simple or silly answer without knowing, some are seasone
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 03:27:31 EDT 2006 | dougs
Hi folks, thanks for all the tips. We have run our first batch of these flexi boards now. I had the PCB suppliers make me some 1.6mm FR4 carriers to lay the boards on to carry them through the process. (1 flat & 1 with cutouts for the second side)
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 06:11:41 EST 2007 | CL
Good Morning, We have 5 Mydata MY machines in separate lines. We are placing 0201's, uBGA's, CSP's, etc.... I cant say that we have never had accuracy problems but whatever caused the problems was identified and they are fairly accurate as far as I'
