Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 19 23:27:22 EST 1999 | Mike
Should I manufacture my own boards or outsource them? Any opinions are welcome. I own a company and sell electronic products. Some products we sell have specific ad-on circuit boards which I have designed and had manufactured just for my company. The
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 17 16:25:05 EST 1999 | Brian W.
I used an off-line paste height measurement device to control my paste process. I did not inspect every board, just a random sample once an hour. I have used both manual and automatic devices. I like the automatic becuase: 1 - I have no "operat
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 06:59:43 EST 1999 | Christopher Lampron
Calvin, We have found several reasons for solder beading occurance. We have found that solder balling is usually directly attributed to the reflow profile while solder beading is usually (but not always) a result of either excessive solder paste volu
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 26 06:18:18 EST 1999 | stefano bolleri
Jeff & Ted, we have used a dispensing system too and yes, I agree, we are not too happy with the results. Not at the point that it doesn't work, though. I think our problem basicly is that we have selected an entry-level dipensing system. We are app
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 17 15:17:34 EST 2002 | JLeonard
I can understand that you really don't like a non-techie to post a reply/comment to the SMTNet forums. After all, it's always been about the technology/techs and not the sales folk. But what happens when a 'techie' provides incorrect or blatantly fa
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 14:13:57 EST 1999 | Dave F
Thomas: From what you're telling us, you seem to be thinking correctly: 1 Paste should not spread appreciably in preheat 2 Something has changed, because you've not had this problem, until recently Two things to consider: 1 Has any thing changed
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 10 15:08:18 EST 1999 | John Thorup
I would be afraid to have this kind of basket holding my boards. Yes, in most cases, you would not get damage if the boards were closed inside of a good, metalized (silver colored) ESD protective bag. The problem is that the boards usually have to c
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 28 23:45:23 EDT 1999 | DGrenier
JC: Seen this before, many times. We fixed our problems at the co I work for by giving a packaging specification to our purchasing dept. Took some work but the payoff was pretty big. This document includes such things as orientation,pitch,tape type
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 27 22:58:56 EDT 1999 | Jeff Sanchez
Hany, John is right! How do I know cause I have a metal wire floor. I was faced with the same problem you are faced with now and the price was up there. I had one advantage, My floors where raised wood when we got the shop. This reduced the fati
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 27 07:38:08 EDT 1999 | Mario
Hi Jerry, I have a solution for you which I have done myself and shown to others which should cost you less than 100$ if you already have a microscope.This is still an operator job and an automated operation. You need two mirror squares (about 4inc