Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 10 13:42:22 EDT 1998 | FRANK
| We're running into problems with board damage (broken traces, solder shorts) due to pliers and other bizarre tools being used for depanelization. I need some sort of fixture for this. A delrin plate with a slot cut to the correct depth and width mi
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 31 08:51:58 EST 2001 | davef
Warp depends on: * How close the board gets to its Tg during the solder cycle (the closer you get to the Tg the worse the warp gets) * Amount of copper on each side and the balance between the two * Thickness of the board * Overall length x width * T
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 20 20:02:06 EST 2002 | davef
Surfactant. A synthetic detergent made from petrochemicals that lowers the surface tension of water and allows better cleaning in small spaces. Do you have a cleaning issue that requires you to use a surfactant? If so, be aware that you must clean
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 24 13:23:37 EDT 2002 | gsmguru
Our design group is looking at using a IMPCB material for a power amplifier design. They would like to to use this because of it's excellent thermal properties. This would be used to create a "SIP" module that would plug into a std FR4 pcb with the c
Electronics Forum | Fri May 24 07:09:52 EDT 2002 | Andy Hoggan
Teh amount of silver on an immersion silver board won't effect 62/36/2 tin/lead/silver solder, however if the silver on the board is on the thick side and you have a high trace silver content in a 63/37 tin/lead then with the combination of the two y
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 10:35:46 EDT 2002 | dason_c
I think that the IPC spec only apply to the MSD. I had a paper from Lucent and forwarded by Francois Monette, please aware that the first 2 hours, the moisture doesn't bake out from the assembly/component and result show that it is increase the weigh
Electronics Forum | Thu May 23 11:23:47 EDT 2002 | yngwie
Hi guys... Has anybody hv an experience with using a common or standard profile to reflow high mix brd ( say, low, medium and high )?. The reason for asking is that, we are running high mix low volume, and materials that were consigned is exactly as
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 14:30:36 EDT 2002 | davef
Assuming you are talking about solderable surfaces: People specify various materials to protect the solderability of the pads on the board. Gold, actually, Electroless Nickel - Immersion Gold [ENIG], is popular. * Board fabricators like it because
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 15:54:53 EDT 2002 | davef
Ken: Responding to your comments: * If buyers were to communicate better and be more involved with manufacturing, they would make less money. [1] There�d be fewer cases of �Jack� on the home doorstep at Christmas-time. [2] The buyer�s budget would
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 21:04:06 EDT 2002 | davef
So, why can't you clean misprints on Entek boards? Entek: Cheap, flat, OK shelf life, not without process and fabrication issues. Your Entek organic solderability protection is probably Entek Plus [CU106A] made by Ethone OMI. Consider getting a co
