Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 17 07:53:31 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Getting things "foolproof" is sometimes a hard effort and can cost a lot of money. Who is able to tell that it actually saves money instead of wasting it. Transfering responsibility from operators to a system may lead to a somewhat less responsible a
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 10 16:10:18 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Hello Kyle Multicore is a long established, well respected product line. I happen to use a different major manufacturers product because of its performance in my process, good delivery and good pricing. In pre-qualification testing Multicore seemed
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 06 14:02:04 EDT 2000 | David Harper
The company I work has been assembling this particular board for several years now, and one thing has always remained constant. Bad Soldering. The board is a double sided board, the solder side has about 250 1206 caps & resistors and Sot-23 transisto
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 07 10:22:13 EDT 2000 | genglish
Ramon, I have had experience in the problems you are witnessing. The problem can relate to a number of factors. Obviously the printing process is the first place to start your investigations, try looking at the stencil apertures for bleed under the
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 07 14:02:54 EDT 2000 | Brian W.
If you are satisfied with the apertures, then you need to check placement pressure, plant humidity, and the reflow profile. If the placement pressure is too great, it will separate minute portions of the solder from the pad. When the solder reflo
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 09 22:00:44 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Hey Charles!!! Where in earthly heaven did you get a TO263 with "large solderable tab (approx 8mm square) on the back and 5 leads"? All the TO263s that�ve reached-up and smacked me have been "TO220s" with a modified tab and three leads that are f
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 03 19:49:16 EDT 2000 | Darby
I presume you have no vision alignment. Buy yourself a little monocular measuring microscope ( about $100 ). You are not going to get the registration you require between stencil and pcb for each print if you are running off tooling pins , edge clamp
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 26 10:57:16 EDT 2000 | Steve Schrader
Doug, We've suffered through similar frustrations. One thing we found that might be of some help is uur supplier, unbeknownst to us, was outsourcing their immersion gold. Their supplier apparently lost control of their process for a period of a fe
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 20:10:09 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Hey Bud: Thanks for the response the other day. We currently use "Jeff�s Method #2: The Drummel Tool." Short answer to your brother is ... yes, probably. Expanding a bit: � It would be surprising not to use a flux to help reflow the solder balls
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 11:08:55 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Kok Han: Good to hear from you. Please help us understand you situation better by talking more about: � Component IC of the RF unit (IC101). For instance: SMT / PTH, package, pitch, lead material, lead finish, package type, package weight, coplan
