Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 01 01:37:07 EDT 2009 | abhinavajmera
I have been working on Pb-free assemblies of screw terminals (terminal blocks). Unlike, other pin-in-paste conducive components, these component has square headed leads. We have been facing issues with the solder dripping into the oven. We were able
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 03 15:04:03 EDT 2009 | davef
We know nothing about your: * Solder alloy * Materials of your board * Materials of your teminal block * Process setup of your wave * Wetting condition of the board or the terminal block ... but we'll take a guess anyhow. Tin-copper based solder all
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 04 09:02:34 EDT 2009 | kpm135
We replaced the tactile sensor's linear actuator on a MPM Ultraprint 2000 HiE. Now we are getting a Tactile Hardware limit error every time we try to find the stencil height. I was hoping some one could explain why we're getting this error and any i
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 04 10:19:38 EDT 2009 | swag
Here's a few ideas: If it has one, make sure the flexible coupler set screws are tight. Replace the tactile switch (often these appear to work fine in I/O but do not work properly in production). Clean and oil the tactile plunger if it has one. M
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 04 10:43:48 EDT 2009 | kpm135
Thanks for the suggestions! It ended up being that a wire on the amplifier card in the lower drawer came loose and was making intermittent contact. Tightened all the wires down and the problem has gone away. Now we have a new problem. We had to repla
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 11:08:36 EDT 2009 | spitkis2
Hi, This may be a bit off the subject but thought I'd ask just in case. I am looking to identify a process / equipment for attaching solder balls to flip chips. Solder balls are 75 microns in diameter. With BGA's there are reballing kits that use
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 23:02:09 EDT 2009 | mrduckmann2000
Help! We are havin issues installing the new Linear Tech LGA118's. We are installing 17 of these beast per assembly, the problem shorting? Any ideas? Linear Tech is usless, they blame heat, not a big enough reflow oven, moisture, part disty's...e
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 06 16:32:38 EDT 2009 | markhoch
Yeah, those gosh darn disty parts...get you every time. lol Can we get just a little more info? Let's start with the basics... Stencil Thickness? Aperture Reduction? Leaded or Lead-Free? No-Clean or Water Soluble? How's your reflow? Have you prof
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 06 21:50:19 EDT 2009 | fishingfool
Well Orbotech is basically out of business. They have sold their AOI to a company that is a basically a reseller. What that means is usually they have no people to improve software or make changes to improve the system. Not sure how Sony supports th
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 13 15:16:16 EDT 2009 | davef
BoardHouse: You mean that our 'Martin Gershenson' might be this guy? Martin Gershenson; Christopher Associates Inc.,3617 W. MacArthur Blvd.Santa Ana, CA 92704; 714–979-7500 martin.gershenson@christopherweb.com So, you're implying that unlike some