Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 20 22:52:10 EDT 2006 | davef
We all know those academic 'reliability studies' are very focused and only give a snapshot of real life. The real reliability studies of leadfree are starting as we scramble to meet our numbers. We have no idea about your customers' expectations ab
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 04:26:52 EDT 2006 | Rob
Hi Rick, I've always had excellent service from all of them - else I wouldn't recommend them - but we all have our own experiences. I'm 99% sure who you are referring to as you're on the other side of the pond, but as i've said I've always had good
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 30 06:07:12 EDT 2006 | slaine
Hi If all the solder has collected onto the component termination then it sounds more of a PCB problem then a component problem. Some times all the temination can be stripped off the ceramic with high tin content solders and leave a gray finish behi
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 06:55:02 EDT 2006 | Rob
I HATE them. I have tried most types and am not impressed. By the time you add on all of the extras such as tape feeders, trays, nozzles, guidance, etc. you could nearly buy a used Mydata/Contact/Quadra/Versatronics/Quad/Daum which would give you p
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 05 10:54:26 EDT 2006 | slaine
In the last couple of weeks ive been working with a new mechanical design engineer, i knew things were going to be difficult when i caught him putting a trial through a reflow oven using loctight thread lock to hold a smd led in place. but today i ha
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 19 16:20:34 EDT 2006 | dave
kris, Thats what I said when the rep. advised me. But I had called him in to advise me on some problems I was seeing on a certain boards. When we ran at this elevated Temperature "bingo" the results were perfect. So as you know yourself wrt wave pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 01 13:29:15 EDT 2006 | fastek
I agree Craig and I'm also not convinced DEK is really doing that well. I know they sell a ton of printers into Asia at around a 30%-40% discount to what they sell them anywhere else. A classic case of grabbing market share at the expense of profitab
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 05 14:22:25 EDT 2006 | Cmiller
The YesTech machine is an exceptional machine for the price. You may be able to find other machines with similar performance, maybe even at similar cost but if you are having no issues with them why go through the cost of putting in a new software pl
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 06 17:13:17 EDT 2006 | Board House
PB-free Hasl was not mentioned due to the following: 1)Equipment Convertion at the PCB Manufacturing side is expensive. 2)You are subjecting the PCB to Higher Temps than Std. solder. 3)Most PCB Houses are not going to invest in Two Hot Air level
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 18:10:12 EDT 2006 | SWAG
Good point Russ but we do builds that comprise of 50 of this and 100 of that. Our high average issue might be around 400 or 500 parts but most are under 100. 20,40,60 flat over-issue gets us set-up and error scrap. 2% of 50 is 1 part. 2% of 500