Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 26 05:03:30 EDT 2006 | Darren
Hi We have a new product that has a 22uF 0805 X5R 6.3V Chip Cap. It is placed on standard 0805 pads but is 1.25 mm high and although we are not getting the best fillet it appears sufficient. The trouble is we are getting a small number of returns
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 26 13:42:15 EDT 2006 | pfifla1
I sold a person a fuji assembly machine, he wanted in with the package the copy of flexa that the people who originally owned the machine had (this is not pirated or anything like that) i had the person who owned the machine and purchased the flexa t
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 27 21:13:07 EDT 2006 | asdf loves jkl;
1. Why did they say they won't honor it? 2. Does it require your customer to register the machine with Fuji in order to transfer the software? 3. Not familiar with Flexa, however, unless the software is digitally fingerprinted and the machine is onli
Electronics Forum | Mon May 01 15:55:35 EDT 2006 | pfifla1
Well Fuji sends software updates directly to PC and at the end of every year it is required to install the new updates to keep running so pretty much if you have the PC you have the software for life. unlike software like circuitCam and others that u
Electronics Forum | Mon May 01 22:55:02 EDT 2006 | KEN
....am I reading this correctly? "Screen Printing" or "Stencil Printing" Screen = agree = off-contact.....it's fuzzy going back into the memory banks to the early 90's. Screen mesh and emulsion will stretch to produce the gasket affect while snapp
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 13:32:53 EDT 2006 | marvindamaniac
We are using a Metal Screen. We used a metal screen in the past and found that stencil life wasn't a problem. We are a Low Volume, High mix spot where the average lot size is no more than 100 pcbs and as low as 5 pcbs. I am concerned with wiping i
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 12:13:59 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Grant, Non of the articles state that lead-free will go away (unless I missed something). I've never heard it being a problem souring lead-free components only leaded components. But I have to admit not being on the manufacturing floor on a daily ba
Electronics Forum | Mon May 15 04:33:35 EDT 2006 | Rob
Hi Steve, Although your opinion is valid, calling something from a respected Japanese manufacturer crap is a little harsh. I have seen many people solder very well with all sorts of leadfree alloys - not producing crap. I've already had a play wit
Electronics Forum | Mon May 15 11:25:10 EDT 2006 | muse95
Since when is Hakko putting more plating on their tips? I was told that there was no change to their tips, it was the same tip for Pb or Pbfree. Prior to first use, all Hakko tips are Pbfree. We have been seeing those tips degrade quicker with Pbf
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 13:07:55 EDT 2006 | Jbrower
Howdy all. The question that I have is on wave solder pallets. I'm getting quite a bit of flux trapped on the pcb where it contacts the wave solder pallet. I have an appropriate profile for my assemblies, The flux that i use is Kester 920-CXF No Cl
