Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 02 05:08:37 EST 2004 | heccles
Anybody seen problems with potted trimpots and reflow soldering - specifically poor wetting as a consequence of lead contamination from the potting compound. Regardless of reflow profile used (MIL -STD -202) cannot get a good joint formed ! If you us
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 15 17:32:08 EST 2004 | brian bennett
i have always found any of the alcohol based solvents good.here in the uk we use the alpha make.with screen auto wipes i found the set up to be most important.i.e how many pcb's printed before wiping.i found running pcbs with bga and .50 pitch compo
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 18 12:32:59 EST 2004 | babe
A hot plate should do it. Since your throwing the board away a good hot plate could get you to just above reflow topside and you could remove them all at one time. To do this however the bottom side of the board would probably be damaged, but you don
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 23 14:13:13 EST 2004 | russ
Just to finish this up, We did manage to print this little part with good success without any major re-setup of printer settings I would not recommend these parameters for production to anybody however. You can print 2-3 boards before it starts to
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 04 12:49:56 EST 2004 | haviland
Good morning. We have available several decline and several flat bed belt style exit conveyors, including a couple w/ cool down fans above the belt, e.g., a Kanetic48" OAL w/ 18" wide belt plus (8) fans priced at $1,000.00 FOB IL.
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 27 15:20:44 EST 2004 | pdeuel
I have 6 base units of the Metcal PHAP-01 Hot air pencil. I do not have any handles or accessories for these bases. Metcal tells me that these units are obseleted and have been replaced with newer units that have a diferent conector. Is there out th
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 06 08:13:28 EST 2004 | davef
We think that's a good idea. We bring in a company that monitors various people in the shop for lead, just like Ken does, once a year as an element of our plant monitoring program. Ken do you run the test yourself? If so, what: * Equipment do you
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 04 15:43:26 EST 2004 | Alan
I am currently thinking about purchasing a well used Cencorp TR4000 router. Is anyone familiar with using this type of router. I have used TR2100 and TR1000's in the past, however never this model. Can anyone give me some info. Good or Bad from th
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 10 01:44:37 EST 2004 | lawrence
Hi All, I've been using Yamaha YV88 MII for quite some times, It's a good workhorse but have this little problem. We find difficulty in locating the Laser Unit. Also it's costs are high from where we get it. Would appreciate SMTnet members assistance
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 15:10:13 EST 2004 | dougt
I believe the Falcon vision board that Contact Systems used in their equipment is no longer being made by the manufacturer. I would first call them (most reputable), next check the used equipment guys (be carfull), and lastly ebay (good luck). What