Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 13:48:03 EDT 2003 | russ
Sam, You may want to be careful with your analisys, reducing paste volume also reduces flux volume. Flux is there to promote and aid in wetting. by reducing flux you may have initiated the poor wetting yourself with the experiment. Just anothe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 15:05:30 EDT 2003 | stepheno
Don't forget about moisture sensitive devices already on the board if you are reflowing the entire board again. No doubt the other BGA's have been absorbing moisture since the boards were first reflowed. You may have to bake the boards before reflo
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 12 18:05:06 EDT 2003 | ronald mupfeki
Our company wants to establish a department that deals only in rework and repair of populated through hole & smt pcbs from outside companies .However given the wide variety of suppliers & with all equipment looking like it has been branded can anyone
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 17 14:57:11 EDT 2003 | ssnow
I have been using Camtastic for 3+ years and have ejoyed using this low end software. Originally all I wanted was to digitize paste layers and learned it was much more than I needed at the time. approx $500. auto aperature detection is so much better
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 23 10:44:40 EDT 2003 | ADAM
Guys I was wondering if anybody out there had any suggestions for cleaning populated pcbs that have been contaminated with salty sea water . There is alot of evidence of white residues and salt deposits on the pcb's. I've tried putting them through
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 25 08:22:02 EDT 2003 | cabjerk
Hi All; Does anyone have any experience with eSMT software for Fuji machines? (replacement for MCS) Here is the web site for the software http://strony.wp.pl/wp/esmt/ I'm having problems with the software and an IP1. The Error on the machine is E
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 26 11:40:09 EDT 2003 | mantis
All, Is it possible and reliable to replace bga's on Enig boards with out suffering from mass fallout due to blackpad defect.I have a couple of boards requiring bga replacment but i have been told that it is not possible to replace them reliable that
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 19:48:23 EDT 2003 | Shawn
We do allot of multi layer boards with heavy ground planes or heat sinks attached. We have a Trieber, use RMA flux, solder pot temp at 500F, foam fluxer, spray the top if need be, and would warm up the PWB to around 240F over the preheaters. We have
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 16:00:02 EDT 2003 | caldon
Yes you are correct Barry. The Suction tape provides a flat surface for the PNP nozzle to pick -up. In some cases I have seen a plastic "cap" ove rthe pins to provide the same thing. The cap can be reused. Both require, unfortunatly, manual removal
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 21 16:00:51 EDT 2003 | nathan
I agree the Ersa Power tool is probably the most powerful iron on the market, unless you want an iron that takes two hands to hold. We have put the power tool against many irons and none have the capability or power, it should work well for you, and