Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 25 13:33:18 EDT 2012 | cyber_wolf
Ken, The photo looks like results I have seen because the gold flash was too thick on the board. This causes a condition known as gold imbrittlement. You may want to get an analysis of the plating thickness. I'm not real experienced with immersion si
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 26 11:18:21 EDT 2012 | swag
You have to loosen the tension on both sides of the drive belt and skip a tooth or two until the cenveyor is parrallel. You'll have to grip the belt tight on one of the drive gears then force the other gear to rotate inside the belt on the other end
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 09:26:08 EST 2012 | proceng1
I've got four KISS 103s. If you keep up with the pump cleaning and especially keep your nozzles clean on the Lead Free, they are great. The only downside with them is that they are West Coast and we are East Coast, so if I have an issue first thing
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 13 11:14:15 EST 2012 | jaimebc
For the past few weeks we have experienced an intermitent midas theta error.During normal production the machine times out while just after picking up a component waiting for the theta to center it.Sometimes it fails to leave a tool. Reinitianing the
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 17 19:51:23 EST 2012 | cadco
aybars, Mouser is supposed to have 113 of these on Monday the 19 Nov 2012. I would advise you to call them and reserve them first thing on Monday before someone else does, those are all that I can find at the moment, I will make some other inquiries
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 29 11:06:47 EST 2012 | davef
Approaches to getting started are: * Most batch cleaning equipment suppliers provide both open and closed loop options on their machines. Talk to them about upgrading your machine. * There are companies that specialize in supplying closed loop system
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 11 14:25:46 EST 2012 | juggalo
Ha ha, very funny. I also have tattoos, I use curse words, and I am young. I shouldn't be trusted with anything, yeah right. I hope that was actually meant to be a joke and I see the irony, but not every Juggalo is the same. Long story short and to
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 18:28:54 EST 2012 | cnotebaert
what type of part is this a micro BGA by chance? there is a mill spec (man I cant remember it right now), I'll get back to you! it provides acceptance criteria for chip/crack/gouges.... if it doesn’t expose the lead frame (inner workings of the devic
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 17:43:25 EST 2012 | davef
In order to get started in understanding the basics of wave soldering, read this http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0225_wave/index.html Many board assemblers have replaced wave solder machines with selective soldering machines. * Often, modern bo
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 18:20:14 EST 2012 | davef
Your SMT5000 can place 25 thou components. I'd guess the TQFN-EP is 16 thou pitch. You get the picture. Before considering the purchase a capable machine, I'd add copper to the board to give my operators a break when they tweek the position of these
