Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 05 13:21:02 EDT 2004 | secme
Contact's new C5 platform is an excellent machine. I found that it is superior in value due to several points. 1. one machine capable of 192 8mm feeders. 2. Feeders that are capable of being adjusted from one size to another with little effort. R
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 02 09:05:15 EST 2004 | russ
I have never experienced voids when using the flux only for application. Search the archives for void causes. As far as "more paste is better" I think that could be a true statement if we are talking about adapting to co-planarity type issues. My
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 09 09:51:34 EST 2004 | russ
One of the things that I have found is the "benchtop/lab" type waves (Low cost) do not perform very well except on the simplest of products, they are lacking critical design elements such as adequate preheat length, laminar flow nozzle design, etc.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 21 11:46:29 EST 2004 | KEN
Are you adding liquid flux? Or paste "Gel" flux? If liquid flux: This, in my mind, is an unacceptable technique. Why? 1. Can not control metals content. 2. Probably not adding the same chemestry flux...as paste flux has many different addi
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 07 13:17:48 EST 2005 | bschreiber
3) There are several papers on the safety of cleaning PCBs and ICs using ultrasonic technology. The latest is in the October 2004 issue of SMT magazine by William Kenyon, "Why Not Ultrasonics?" Most of the studies have been performed by Dr. B.P. Ri
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 13:27:43 EST 2005 | dorklover664
I think with any feeder your going to loose parts. After running the five most popular pick and place machines all I can say is, TAPE. Have your operators tape the reel after they remove it from the feeder. It coasts more in ESD tape and it�s a pain
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 25 09:15:02 EST 2005 | Marc A
Good info, thanks for passing along. The company I work for (equipment supplier) ran some tests with lead free material in air and N2 environements for reflow. In the air reflow environement it was noticed that the material does not spread, much li
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 26 15:38:46 EST 2005 | TomA
Jay, Yes, we did assigned new part numbers for our lead free components. Our concern was how do we know that this component is lead free. New part numbers was our only way. It made the component engineers cry, but offer them a box of Krispy Kreames
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 09:54:23 EST 2005 | jbrower
Hi Frank, we're still going to go with FR4 as our prefered material. Our board thickness is .062. We use an on shore and off shore vendor. Prototron I believe offers an immersion tin and excellence in china? offers an immersion tin finish. We fou
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 05 23:54:37 EST 2005 | sms_don
Hello, I found the previous discussion of lead free profiles on 5 zone ovens very interesting. I had the same concerns, but have recently succeeded in creating profiles on a 5 Zone QUAD oven that have eliminated solder splatter or Solder on Gold w