Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 10 21:42:03 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hey Nice Write Up, Running after his message Apex out in CA is coming in ??March (I'm to lazy to go and get the brochure) (Yet you can do a web hit on it Nepcon East in Boston is coming in June And there are other shows where you can see all t
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 11:31:52 EST 2003 | Chad
My small R&D company (15 people) is considering the purchase of a bench top reflow oven & associated gear. The reasoning is that it would be nice to have reflow capability for 5 to 50 piece prototype runs in-house. As the only person with any real kn
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 16:27:18 EST 2003 | Chad
Currently we hand-assemble all prototypes, usually quantities less than ten. I mentioned the 5 to 50 number because a client will occasionally request more than ten, which has been handled previously by using an outside contract manufacturer (we are
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 13:45:15 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Good Luck, I worked a long time with THT components like you discuss and boards totally or partially populated. Dee Machines, Electroverts, Hollis and an other and never had the kind of problems you are listing stayed with us forever. I mean you
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 24 12:14:07 EST 2003 | gilligan
We use an EKRA E4 printer, but the concept sounds the same as far as the fiducial alignment goes. I have found that SOT-23 components work the best for fiducials - and I always make it a point to use them on our older PCB's (where the screens do not
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 13 11:42:36 EST 2003 | vortex
We currently screen print all of our adhesive applications and generally have favorable results. The adhesive we use is: Heraeus , P/N 250 GM Prod/N PD955PR We print this on three different screen printers, Dek 265 Horizon, Fuji GSP-II and MPM-30
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 24 16:01:15 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Claude and the next person gave some good advice I would follow. When I spoke above about vibration I was thinking of machine, transport and other, yet shock like tapping the board on it's side or otherwise is pretty much the same. You create mic
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 26 22:17:09 EST 2003 | dlkearns1
I Like your analysis here. I dunno the whole story, but I've tracked parts popping/falling off to the metalazation of the parts, from various suppliers, as most suppliers have some type of pre-tinned coating on the leads.(not that this means anything
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 21 20:24:09 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I don't have some of the names in front of me yet check out on the web anyone related to the EMPF center formerly out of Indianapolis, IN. Most these guys did not move East. Chicago has a couple of shows like SMTA and another that several of the
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 21 20:14:53 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I don't know of anything special in the ways of dispensing since they don't normally care about the differences of UV or Conductive or pastiness. The only difference is WHAT you are striving to do with the adhesive and how the adhesive moves as
