Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 25 10:50:01 EDT 2011 | grahamcooper22
3 deg / sec) then the flux can slump from the paste and solder is carried with it off the pad and will form balls. Finally, are your pcbs dry ? Pass a bare one through the reflow oven before you print any paste on it, let it cool and then process as
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 21 15:29:15 EDT 2011 | rgduval
We don't like them on our MyData's, and recommend our customers not pay the extra money to have them done by Digikey. The small reels tend to get stuck in the MyData magazines, and are difficult to deal with. Since the MyData's handle strips fairly
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 22 11:20:56 EDT 2011 | jercole
NEED HELP!!! I am getting solder splatters on my panels. We produce 100's of different kinds of product and this is the only one that is leaving solder splatters all over the masking. It is however the first time we have used 40 pin QFN's. I don't th
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 29 15:17:19 EDT 2011 | davef
The minimum via hole size used will have a significant effect on the cost of the board as it limits the number of PCBs that can be drilled as a stack. Not withstanding the radio performance implications of small diameter via holes, typical minimum si
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 24 11:04:41 EDT 2011 | smt_guy
Hi, I have a 2.75" x 1" x 0.027"thick CCA with SOIC16W and QFN56 as well as some 0201's, 0402's and QFN16 Components that are to be enclosed via molding process. Is there any Insert Moling, Over Molding Circuit Card Assembly Guidelines out there fr
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 31 20:16:31 EDT 2011 | tkirk
We recently decided to try using a different source for our bare boards to save money. On two different batches of PCBs now from the new source, we are seeing beading including some serious enough to short out underneath 0805 parts. We have never re
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 05 15:06:51 EDT 2011 | remullis
I am currently running at 2.12 minutes TAL using Indium 8.9HF. I am up to 68/cm min in a 8 zone oven. Indium recommends 30-100 sec or .30 to 1.40 minutes, I am think of increasing the conveyor speed until I fall with the 1.40 minutes, does anyone hav
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 07 09:26:03 EDT 2011 | alcatel
Im trying to get the XY data to program the SMT machines. since i dont have the file, im trying to convert it from the gerber drawing. the closest one to represent the component placement is the solder pad. ive tried using linkcad to convert it to XY
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 11 08:27:10 EDT 2011 | leemeyer
I have had similar problems before where the machine will intermittently stop with a limit error. Reset the machine and away it goes. Replacing the ribbon cable that runs from the head (37 pin D-sub)has solved this problem. This cable gets flexed a l
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 19 14:58:05 EDT 2011 | rdoss
The ribbon cable would be my guess. I ran a IVc for about 3 years and we use to have to change out our cable at least once per year. I also wanted to add that you can contact Precision Placement Machines (PPM) for parts and service. We use to use
