Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 06 13:46:35 EDT 2015 | deanm
Agree. However the LGA has an even lower standoff, so I would think it would be an even greater challenge. The LGA is a cheaper choice but want to know from those who have done both if the extra cost of the SnPb BGA would pay for itself in lower rew
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 07 13:15:06 EDT 2015 | markhoch
You can most certainly use the same reflow oven for both leaded and lead-free pastes. Obviously your thermal profiles will be different, as the lead-free paste should have a higher reflow temp. As long as your oven has adequate exhaust and flux manag
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 15 11:07:23 EDT 2015 | aj
You should do a bit of research into Mirae Placement machines.. they took over the Quad machines and built on them so your feeders may still be compatible... I only know this because I spoke to an agent last week - I have never used quad or Mirae..
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 10 09:29:29 EST 2015 | tsvetan
Any major brand (Samsung, Juki, Panasonic, Fuji) will work, most important is what service and support you will get *after* you buy the new machine. Once the machine is set and run, the most annoying part is to have downtime waiting for support quest
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 21 06:16:49 EDT 2015 | eniac
Dear DeanM, I have the same thoughts about quantity of solder paste. Also I think about poor wetability of some pads (walls) on modems. I'm glad that my ideas are the same like yours and other members of forum. I will try to increase pads dimensions.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 16 20:12:33 EDT 2015 | billthebuilder
I ended up just making a new test board as we had some specific PnP abilities we wanted to test, but I did follow up on your link and got a quote. The dummy components were way cheaper than what we bought from Digikey or what I saw on Topline. This w
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 12 19:12:13 EDT 2015 | cusackmusic
Looking are "new" stencil printers. Have heard a lot of people like the Ekra. I see there are X5s, X4s, and X1s available all over the place. I can't figure out what the differences are. They seem similar, and are similar vintage. Any insight?
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 14 14:54:00 EDT 2015 | cbeneat
We currently have five X5's. Which we like. My only other experience with other EKRA models was, we had an X3 loaner a few years ago, and after a week of trying to use it we wanted to take a sledge to it...so in a nutshell, X5-great, X3-not so much
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 15 14:58:18 EDT 2015 | charliedci
In my experience over last 10 years with (Juki, Heller, DEK, Ace, Speedline, Mirtec) they all have good support and are responsive to our needs, whether it is phone/online support or in scheduling a visit. The real differences are with the knowledge
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 19 10:23:24 EDT 2015 | atekcare
Great message that all should pay attention to, I know we do here and have for many, many years knew that good communication and expectation setting was the foundation of satisfied customers. I'd like to hear more about your independent services bus
