Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 19:35:05 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hi Carol- | What you are asking for can be done. Variables you must account for include the paste viscosity, dispensing head speed, dispenser height relative to board surface, and needle size. You can use most any semi-automated system such as Ca
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 11:28:24 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Has anybody successfully used an automated dispensing system to put solder paste dots on .5 mm pitch pads?? I need to replace some Meritec tsop sockets and I don't want to use the single site stencils for .5 mm parts. | Carol, Don't blame you f
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 16 14:02:03 EDT 1999 | Timothy O'Neill
| Earl, | | Srt makes a system called the summit 2100D. Its a relatively new product but it is designed for rework applications. The programming is simple and interfaces well with other srt products. As with any dispensing system, you have to cl
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 07 16:56:43 EDT 1999 | John Zizzo
Hi! I'm a process engineer attempting to do a capability study on our existing convection reflow oven - Heller 1500. It was recommended by an independent consultant to do at the very least, load testing, process ready testing, and board uniformity h
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 07 13:41:42 EDT 1999 | Dave F
snip | | If you go for plugging be sure you have a protrusion spec that you can live with. This often results in little bumps of epoxy that can interfere with component placement. For us, tenting .015 vias usually gets us about 80% coverage from
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 07 14:14:03 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Is anyone aware of some guidelines regarding through-hole in SMT pads? One of our designers wants to add through-hole leads in some SMT pads for an inductor. The size of the hole is 0.032 inches and takes-up approximately 25% of the pad area. Th
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 08 12:33:52 EDT 1999 | Mike Demos
Thank you all for your replies. Thanks to your replies and backup from the IPC-SM-782A (section 3.6.3.2) and James Blankenhorn's "SMT Design Rules & Standards," the designer has agreed to provide adequate clearance between the via and the pad. I wi
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 06 12:45:28 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| I've heard that use of VOC free flux with wavesolder fixtures can be challenging due to entrapment of water in the fixture. | | Is anyone out there successfully running VOC free with wave fixtures & did you experience problems? If so, how did you
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 06 13:02:41 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | I've heard that use of VOC free flux with wavesolder fixtures can be challenging due to entrapment of water in the fixture. | | | | Is anyone out there successfully running VOC free with wave fixtures & did you experience problems? If so, how d
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 06 12:46:27 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | We are looking for some subcontractors to do surface mount | | technology boards for us. Is there anything I should pay specific | | attention when I visit the subcontractor's site? | | Thank you for any advice | | | Wolfgang has a good poi
