Electronics Forum | Fri May 01 13:27:18 EDT 1998 | Ray N. Lopez Mata
| | I would like to know something about Siemens machines from users of Siplace or old machines. | | Thanks ! | I currently have a Si-Place S15 and wouldn't get another Siemens for anything. Their service is the worst I've ever seen. The machine
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 14 09:38:07 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 14 09:01:36 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 11:30:03 EDT 1998 | mpark
Clint, You may want to call KJ Marketing Services, a Canadian company that fabricates plastic laser cut stencil. They call it "Kepoch stencil" This material was originally developed by Dupont, and patented and marketed by KJ. It was available for
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 05:41:37 EDT 1998 | Alan Pestell
We currently use the Loctite system of Glue/stencils and are getting very good results. You may still have a height problem is you solder resist is too thick. The UK sales person is Bob.goss@loctite-europe.com & he may give you more help. The only ot
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 02 08:26:36 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
| Yes, norm it is. Look back to February 98 :discussion on this issue. Norm, That discussion does deal with palladium coated leads, but when I read your statement about silver/palladium fired terminations, I'm assuming that you're referring to
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 24 17:08:52 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
David, There was a thread going on the IPC TechNet about exactly the same thing... The ratio that was posted is: Less than, or equal to 30-grams per square inch Which means if you weighed a part and it is 30-grams, you'll need .033" of surf
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 10 16:11:16 EST 1998 | Mike
| Hello, | I know nobody asked, but here are my 2cents on the newer, more comercialized layout of the forum. | I frequent many of the SMT/Assembly forums and the ones I prefer to stay with are the ones that are NOT comercially oriented. | Not having
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 20:33:16 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
The biggest difference between the two, is solder joint appearance. What I noticed mainly is that the solder does not wet and flow as readily to a palladium coated lead as it does with a tin/lead coated lead. When you look at a palladium coated lead
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 19 22:17:15 EST 1998 | Brian Morgan
| | I am currently evaluating some different reflow ovens | | for a future purchase. The manufacturers we are | | looking at are Conceptronic, BTU, and Heller. Any | | feedback on these manufacturers would be welcome. | | I am particularly interest
