Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 23 15:20:59 EST 2007 | stepheniii
On the Ekra those are called top clamps AKA finger slicers. With the Ekra side clamping means there is nothing on the top of the board. Does your printer have true side only clamping? Or do you need the top finger slicers for the grid-lok to work r
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 23 17:32:53 EST 2007 | russ
if you cannot spend any money I would say that you either need to add rails or try to increase the squeegee pressure to hold down the stencil while it prints those close pads. But...... Can you put PCB onto some type of carrier that would move thes
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 21:29:43 EST 2007 | davef
Board fabricators commonly use Barco AOI to inspect film. The AccuMatch compares pixel-to-pixel of the Gerber data to the image seen by the AOI camera. It's slower than design rule checking, but has definite advantages [like lower falsing]. Unfortu
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 25 09:45:54 EST 2007 | SWAG
You might consider installing a noise kit as it sounds like you've tried almost everything else. Electrical interference on these machines causes erratic problems, especially as they get older. I would call Speedline tech. and see if they think the
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 31 17:01:34 EST 2007 | rw
I'm not that concerned about the solderability of the motor. Our customer is concerned about the outgassing of the conformal coat effecting the motor brushes. Silicone will break down into SiO2 and SiC will result from a spark between the brushes a
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 13:24:31 EST 2007 | stepheniii
Good afternoon, > > You have to use lead paste > since none-RoHS components won�t withstand > elevated temperatures. Solder paste manufacturers > offer a lot of transitional pastes designed > specially for mixed process. Ask your paste > suppli
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 07:45:50 EST 2007 | jax
Water soluble residues probably won't cause instant failures. The failures are most likely caused by excess paste being deposited on the center pad of the QFN. The excess solder keeps the part from sitting down in reflow and increases the possibility
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 10:36:33 EST 2007 | mk
Wow JAX. Way off buddy, I promise!!!! This is real as have all my posts. As an officer of the SMTA Atlanta Chapter for the second term, I am familiar with the Forum Etiquette.. Thanks for defending our site's honor JAX. I don't like people who ab
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 08 17:10:18 EST 2007 | slthomas
I thought we were already registered? No? Shows how long I remember stuff. Providing a confirmation link to the site in an email to the new registree seems like it might provide some security and deterrent to low-life spammers as well. Over and abov
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 16 18:13:09 EST 2007 | davef
On the main Forum page, there is a check box for each thread to indicate that you want email notification of changes to that thread. The box is located just to the left of the title of the thread. Checking that box tells the SMTnet email machine th
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