Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 10:12:38 EST 1998 | Brian Conner
| For some as yet unkown reason, we have started to have some boards sag and go under the wave. The boards are surface mount top side and conventional components wave soldered. We have checked the wave hight and both the profiles on the wave solder a
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 17 08:32:12 EST 1998 | Chrys
|PAIB makes good cups. Last year I was buying suction cups and I found a really good source - way better than PIAB. Only thing is, I can't remember their name. They were out of Cincinatti, Ohio, and I found them inthe Thomas Register on line. Sor
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 17 10:43:10 EST 1998 | Stefan W.
Hi Chrys You mean VI-CAS Mfg.Co. at 513 7917741. Don, I've another one: Stilson 888 4005978 | |PAIB makes good cups. Last year I was buying suction cups and I found a really good source - way better than PIAB. Only thing is, I can't remember the
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 18 15:52:47 EST 1998 | Chrys
|Thank you! VI-CAS is the commpany! It was buggin me. Anyway, they make very good quality cups with reasonable pricing and thay are easy to work with. Hi Chrys | You mean VI-CAS Mfg.Co. at 513 7917741. | Don, I've another one: Stilson 888 40059
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 13 14:35:29 EST 1998 | Dave F
| Anyone using SMT "Fair-Rite" beads? We have a P/N 2743019447 that we're using. We need to know the shear force strength of the part and the vendor's man who knows is in Deutschland and can't help until Monday. I can't wait that long. | | Also, do
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 14:12:39 EST 1998 | smd
| | | Scott: Where is the problem? When you have a board in one hand and a sheared ferrite in the other, what does the ex-ferrite location look like: | | 1 Green mask colored, because the pad is "ripped off" the board | 2 Gray lumpy looking, be
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 11:26:50 EST 1998 | Scott McKee
| | Any info on a BGA rework machine in the 10-20K range. | | | | Thanks | | Mike C | | | In the $60K range I really like the Pace model? (y'all join in). Whether there is a cheaper, non-programmable type, the gang can answer. | | Earl Moon | I p
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 20:57:04 EST 1998 | Dave F
| | I keep hearing about polyimide stencils, but what are they like in terms of registration and aperture accuracy? | | | Fraser- | | We use polyimide stencils with great success for our prototype boards. They are cheaper and the accuracy/aper
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 08:58:38 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| I keep hearing about polyimide stencils, but what are they like in terms of registration and aperture accuracy? | You are hearing about polyimide as in polyimide film as Kapton (TM Dupont). This material is the stuff of flex and rigid/flex circuit
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 13:31:18 EST 1998 | Michael Allen
Cencorp and Ozo are two U.S. companies that make CNC routers for circuit boards. You can find their phone numbers if you search the SMT Forum archives. Products [companies] that support off-line programming include: * CIMBridge [Mitron (Genrad)] *
