Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 30 13:01:58 EDT 2020 | midast
Thanks Bruce, you are right. When thinking about it that might actually be the issue. I can't by pass the battery pack, unfortunatly ( at least not in my model) I have ordered new batteries that will arrive in a few days. After I removed and put b
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 30 13:14:41 EDT 2020 | dwl
Heat above 53 Celsius kills covid viruses according to the WHO: https://www.who.int/csr/sars/survival_2003_05_04/en/ If you want an added measure of safety, you could bake your boards before packing them. Fundamentally its going to be an issue of
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 09:02:00 EDT 2020 | proy
I am removing a few QFP100s with a Pace rework station. Most of my profiles stored are set up with preheat/soak/spike which is more geared to the replacement resoldering. I am looking for suggestions on what people use for a quick/safe removal ie: no
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 19:11:55 EDT 2020 | SMTA-Gregory
Our operations are deemed essential and our manufacturing operations continue. All employees that can work from home are to. As far as employees that need to come in to the manufacturing plant that consists of multiple buildings, an specific entran
Electronics Forum | Tue May 05 11:37:43 EDT 2020 | SMTA-Robert
5/5 Update: Our SIP restrictions have been extended to May 31. In spite of that we've notice a general uptick in business activity the past 2 weeks, as certain targeted restrictions are (either formally or informally) loosened. It appears the gove
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 19 12:54:39 EDT 2020 | davef
A-620G doesn't require 100% wetting to the thermal pad. It requires 100% wetting to the land in the end-joint area. The end joint is the portion of the solder connection that is at the top [or bottom] of the connection. Look at 7.1.3 Solder Joint A
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 22 14:16:22 EDT 2020 | rgduval
We prefered kapton tape to peelable mask, though, there is added time/effort to taping the boards, then removing the tape (if it's done hot, it can go pretty quickly). If you're at a volume where manual masking/mask removal is too time consuming, co
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 22 20:41:39 EDT 2020 | SMTA-Samy
We use Wondermask 2211 and we haven't had issues with the material creating gunk in the pot. You might want to call TechSpray and consult with a product specialist who can better advise you on what's best for your application. Rob mentioned the wave
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 22 12:50:39 EDT 2020 | rodrigo
Hi all, One of our Fuji CP-642 machines has a weird problem. It does not happen every time but often enough that it is a problem. I power up and press start to zero it. The problem is the zero...ing does not finish. It moves the xy-table, D1/D2 table
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 22 14:57:46 EDT 2020 | travishemen
It seems like we had a similar issue once on a CP643. If I remember right it ended up being either pre or post theta. The amplifier for the sensor quit working and it was trying to zero the theta motors before doing the cam. The LED indicator on t
