Electronics Forum | Wed May 27 15:54:09 EDT 1998 | Chrys
| | | | | We recently made the switch to no-clean and the wurface mount is turning out beautifully. However, the wave solder process continues to put up a fight; we are getting a white residue on the surface of the PCB. The residue is not loca
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 13:14:42 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | Y'all: IPC set-up a site addressing the environmental issues of the printed circuit fabrication industry. Some of it is interesting and applicable to the assembly business as well, even though not aimed directly at assemblers. IPC has rece
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 27 08:29:21 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
| Steve: | Lets face it "there are no Free Meals:, but all of the OEM manufacturer's that I work with go the extra mile to satisfy the customers needs. This includes added attention to detail prior to the sale, good quality installations and trainin
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 17 15:27:51 EDT 2001 | jschake
Challenges: The basic defects that impact assembly yield are bridging, satellite solder balls, and opens (i.e. tombstones / draw bridges). There are many variables with the stencil printing process that can impact these; several of them are listed
Electronics Forum | Wed May 08 23:18:58 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Hi mates, have this SMT production issue : A) We have a leadless-chip-carrier(LCC) IC package that is classified under the Land-Grid-Array(LGA) package family. B) The LCC is 4mm x 4mm, and has 28 tin plated pads located beneath the outside perimet
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 23 12:02:17 EDT 2002 | gdstanton
Ken, Excellent discussion!!! I've also seen this problem. Spent and am still spending significant time policing. I don't think it is just a buyer issue though. There are many dimensions to the problem. Suppliers, Engineering, Manufacturing, and
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 18 06:15:49 EDT 2006 | JH
AJ, I have had the Solder Saver on trial a couple of times and reached the same conclusion both times - it is not for us. However there are benifits for some users. In case you dont know how it works, here is a brief explanation; The hand held to
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 22 10:23:14 EDT 2006 | cuculi54986@yahoo.com
I'm no AOI expert by any means, however I spent a few minutes one time about 4 years ago working on an old CR Technology (or is it CR Technologies?) machine so I've been chosen by my company to be the "technical guy" for our AOI evaluation. We are l
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 26 14:06:33 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Jun 26, 2006 (See Comments Below) Editorial Managing the Naughty Child Mike Martel, Editor, Circuitnet I've been listening to voices on both sides of the RoHS issue and the more I hear, the more foreboding the tone becomes. Despite what some wr
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 14:01:00 EST 2011 | olddog
Well, everything WAS going OK until I started setting up for a board job (40 boards with about 450 components each - many image repeats). We setup 37 feeders with their parts and started defining the pickups and placements. Part #1 is an SOD123 zener
