Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 04 16:55:32 EDT 1999 | Doug
| We are installing a new reflow oven and I have been told that we do not need to vent the exhaust out through the roof since we have a false ceiling. All that is required is to vent above the false ceiling and that the air exchange is great enough t
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 10:13:44 EDT 1999 | Boca
| We are installing a new reflow oven and I have been told that we do not need to vent the exhaust out through the roof since we have a false ceiling. All that is required is to vent above the false ceiling and that the air exchange is great enough t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 27 10:43:08 EDT 1999 | Angie Vale
We currently have a single SMT line consisting of a Sanyo chipshooter in line with a Siplace 80F4 and we are soon going to install a odd form placement machine (probably JOT) into this line prior to the oven. This means going to intrusive reflow, whi
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 24 23:18:00 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| We are going to smt ic's on the component side of our pcb's. | The problem is we are going to have to do this by hand. | We have a hot air station and vac pencil, but How reliable is this process. | We've tried it on proto's and had some shorting p
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 02 07:28:03 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| I am currently sourcing equipment to mount CSP devices. I have looked at the GSM Flexjet & also the Siemens 80 F series. However these machines only look for ball presence not ball deformation. Panasonic are the only ones who have a 3-D camera capa
Electronics Forum | Tue May 25 09:19:00 EDT 1999 | Ricardo Lopes
| | Has anyone had any experience or data using vibration during the reflow process. | | We introduced a vibration device attached to the fixed rail on a Vitronics reflow oven. The reason was to prevent skewing on large PLCC devices. The process work
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 18:06:11 EDT 1999 | Cunli
| I would like to protect my SMTNet e-mail account from others who use my system. I can't seem to find the pass word feature. Although I do incurage going to the site on my system I don't like the idea that everyone can go through my e-mail. Jeff,
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 03 19:56:56 EST 1999 | M Cox
I now have the opportunity to work on the MVII's. And I have some questions Do the PCB's have to have tooling holes for the transport of Boards in and out of the machine? These machines are running like S___t. Lots of parts in the reject bin, and s
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 15 18:42:35 EST 1999 | Dean
| | Are stencils universal from one printer to another? We are looking into the possibility of going from Solderprint 1414 manual printer to a more automated printer. We are also considering bringing some boards we currently outsource in house. I
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 03 00:20:08 EST 1999 | Clarissa Ortner
We are a small division. We are starting up a leadless line with an old screen printer and a convection oven. At this time we don't intend to get any sort of pick and place assistance and wil be loading by hand. We find the biggest problem with th