Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 11 15:20:29 EST 1999 | Chrys
| I have an Electrovert UPK 660c fitted with IR preheats top and bottom. We assemble a large range of multilayer backplanes and I was wondering if there are any advantages in changing to convection preheats.Has anybody got any views on the subject.
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 18 12:14:10 EST 1998 | Brian Steelglove
| | Does anyone out there have one we are currently looking at one from a used equipment dealer and would like to know how they work? Good or bad for SMT? | | Good or bad for high volume Thrue Hole? | | | | Thanks Again, | | Brian Steelglove | | A
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 15 15:35:21 EDT 1998 | Michael Fogel
Hello Mark, Here in ECI, because the nature of our products, are using the method of press fit connectors in big numbers and although we have SMT components (around 200 per board) as well as T/H components we still preferred to use press fit because
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 10:43:23 EDT 1998 | Mike Konrad
You're right Earl� Drag soldering is a dead issue as far as new technology is concerned. They do, however, work for most through-hole boards� but so do wave machines. There are only two manufacturers left that still produce drag soldering machine
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:17 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:43 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 13:23:33 EST 2002 | dgeorge
I have some interesting problems on my hands that some of you may know the answers to. I am currently wave soldering a through hole connector to a rigidized flexible circuit. This is a compliant pin connector that is supposed to be pressed into a h
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 09 21:41:49 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, We have been running the same stencils for about a year, 5 thou thick, 1-mm pitch BGA's and every-things been ok, but then suddenly over the last week, 2 different products have had paste release issues with the BGA. It's odd because nothings c
Electronics Forum | Tue May 24 21:48:23 EDT 2005 | steve
You can continue repair and rework with tin/lead solder until 7/06. However!!! Any product still on the shelves overseas after 7/06 will be returned to the USA. Thought? Maybe start repairing with SAC305 now? Also SAC is Tin, Silver and Copper. No Ni
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 24 08:43:45 EDT 2005 | PWH
What kind of problems/defects/process indicators are you having? It is likely that you will have to bite the bullet and get a thermal profiling mole to prove that your selected profiles are subjecting parts to the correct tempertures per part specs.