Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 30 10:46:24 EDT 2006 | Grant
Hi, It's really weird as I am on this forum with the perspective of a manager, because I run my company, but want to make sure I am as updated as possible so I don't force people into making stupid decisions in our company. However I don't walk int
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 13 10:31:14 EDT 2006 | CL
Hello Brad, We are running the Slim Kic 2000. We have found the predictions to be fairly accurate as long as the suggested change is within 20 degrees of the original recipie. As a test I ran a board with the wrong profile. The predictions got me wi
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 17 17:17:17 EDT 2006 | rgduval
I'm in the middle of developing an ESD program at my company, trying to adhere to S20.20 as much as possible (and the suggestions of the ESD audit conducted before I got here). I've been discussing the pros/cons of pink-poly foams and black foams.
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 07 18:41:27 EST 2006 | GS
RoHS, or better Lead Free is an EU Directive that has been pushed ahead and driven by opportunistic lobbies ( equipment, materials, componentes,logistics, analysis labs, consultants, etc). Over here, in Eurolandia, since 2001 (the smartest started
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 11 09:19:56 EST 2007 | SMTRework
I know this is not the correct forum to post chip "reworking" questions but you guys have been very helpful in the past. My question is this, when we rework BGA components most of the time the solder reflows at a normal temp and all is well. On occ
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 09:19:29 EST 2007 | tk380514
We use Alpha EF-2202 low-VOC No-Clean flux Selective wave soldering cassettes Bottom pre-heating wave soldering machine We have one component that will not solder properly: http://www.epcos.com/web/generator/Web/Sections/ProductCatalog/Capacitors/Ul
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 14:37:39 EST 2007 | Cmiller
It appears that he has the quantity of feeders it holds listed as how many feeders come with it. I dont think that machine is worth $1,250.00. You will spend a lot on feeders since you can still use them on newer quads. I sold about 20 of them last y
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 27 11:24:53 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Steve-O, Good question(s). This process was set-up by an engineer that had a PhD in statistics, took him a year to develop and then thru it over the wall at us. The biggest problem we saw was SPC to measure solder volume. SPC is good for measu
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 11 19:04:28 EDT 2007 | hakerem
Hi Shrek - Not sure why you think adjusting dwell time and preheats is a sales pitch, but I do appreciate your candor. These are proven, widely used techniques for attacking, eliminating and preventing the recurrence of blowholes. Since it is so ea
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 29 09:37:06 EDT 2007 | ed_faranda
I am a heavy, PanaPRO user. In fact, I have been using PanaPRO for many more years that I am willing to admit. Lets just say, I remeber when PanaPRO was called PanaTools. I am not famular with the PanaPRO DSM module. I use PanaPRO IPO to generate
