Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 05:04:50 EDT 1999 | Charles Stringer
| Hi Murray! | | Justin pretty much summed things up...covered all the points. So I'm just gonna give you my preference of what I like other than HASL finish. | | Electroless Nickle/Immersion Gold...nice flat pads...hmmmmmmm, Steve likes flat pads.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 18 02:28:42 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
| Good Day All!! | I hope ya'll had a decent weekend, I did...didn't do a damn thing, I like weekends like that. Anyways, the big guys here are thinking about buying a "Flying Probe" tester, and the G.M. came to me and asked what I thought of them.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 16:25:21 EDT 2002 | davef
Imm silver holds-up to multiple thermal cycles very well. The things, we guess, are happening to make imm silver tough to solder after heating and sitting are: * Oxidation of the silver. * Reduction of the co-deposited organic anti-tarnish [used in
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 30 05:58:39 EST 2017 | rob
Hi all, > > Am new to SMT here. > > I have a very > thin laminate substrate which around 120um > thickess. Being that thin, warpage is constantly > an issue for us. > > For the solder printing part, > we have a number of problems. > > Being s
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 17 02:50:44 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
| Have an SRT w/preheat, 18 layer board all copper, 456 BGA needs to be removed and replaced. The manufacturer is Chip Express and during reflow it warps up or down. Causing either opens or shorts on the corners. I was using gel flux with multiple
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 17:45:26 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | Earl said, in essence: | | | | | | | Justin is absolutely right ... | | | | | | | | Again, Entek is not much more than a flux coating ... | | | | | | | | Metallic coatings protect best, as we all know - especially those electroplated. Those
Electronics Forum | Fri May 28 16:30:39 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| Yes l know this problem keeps cropping up on the forum but l've missed some of the follow-ups. | | Our problem is that the lifting only occurs on 3% of production so actually detecting an improvement is difficult. We're actually having to inspect
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 14:41:07 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Alright gentlemen and ladies of the forum, I again seek knowlage on what is probably a well known fact. I have spent a good part of the morning with various IPC standards and weighty tomes such as the Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Handb
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 05 14:51:08 EST 2000 | Bill Petlock
Casimir, The Q and other lead trimmers work extremely well if properly used. Blade life is directly proportional to to the height of the cut. There are a few factors that are very important in trimming. You are working with a solid carbide blade whi
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 29 11:14:46 EDT 1999 | Justin Medernach
| I'm working on a prototype board that requires a 600 pin BGA. This is a metal top BGA being placed on a 11" x 17" PCB about .62" thick. | | The part is 1.77" square with a 50 mil pitch and 30 mil bump diameter. The bumps are located on the
