Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 15:57:21 EDT 2010 | mikesewell
I've owned two PDR Lightmaster IR rework stations (bought at 2 diff. companies) and have been extremely happy with them. Closed loop,separate control of top and bottom heater via non contact thermocouples. Control the process, not the product - set
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 17 14:24:21 EST 2011 | vmorina
Hi Hege, Thank you very much for your input. So far I have four hot air from four different companies. ERSA: IR500 or IR550 http://www.ersa.com/index.php?modul=entry&id=346&entry_id=1473⊂_id=346&cont_add=467 Weller: WHA3000PS or VS http://www.te
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 31 14:35:55 EST 2012 | hegemon
1. (NCMR) Non Conforming material report to your customer if you have signed up for a lead free job. Send everything back and tell him to replace the entire lot with correct material. or 2. Request a Change order from your customer, changing the
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 17 17:33:38 EDT 2012 | kq702
thank you for your reply. I felt like I was using too much heat but I thought it would not work unless I did so. I did not suspect a cold solder joint, however I did another test on a scrap board. I heated the board without my clamps attached (I put
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 09:30:05 EST 2013 | tkotwal
Thank you for the advice Hegemon. I agree that there is a wide range of options available. I'm looking for something that can give me some repeatable surface temp control, is easy to work with, and has at least decent build quality. I don't necessari
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 13 08:32:24 EDT 2013 | rway
Have you verified the measurements on the bench with an LCR meter? Chances are you are experiencing aging with these ceramic caps. We have similar issues with X5R and X7R caps. You will see the effects of aging with returns from the field as well
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 31 15:38:45 EDT 2016 | jbreit
Hi All- I've got an old industrial dishwasher converted over to a screen wash. It's a closed system, one screen at a time. Total volume of about 10 gallons, no heater. RoHS solder. This thing is foaming up like a rabid animal. The screens go in
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 28 19:22:48 EDT 2021 | kumarb
Hi. Aside from the good advice above, wish to throw in our experience with our 1809EXL. Had < 200 on-hours and the oven would not melt the assorted fresh paste we sourced from different suppliers. The s/w reported that the set temps were being
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 26 20:34:14 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Gary: Allow expand on this topic a bit. Back in the gray skied past when people wore calculators on their belts, rather than pagers n Palms, and didn�t drink California spill, they used HASS that you mentioned and HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Test
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 30 21:55:27 EST 2003 | johnwnz
Now I've checked the archives on this and found the starts of an answer but not much else, but then that posting was a while ago and I though there would be some more data now. So here's the question: who, if anyone is placeign Pb-free BGA's (ideally
