Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 07 15:33:08 EDT 2010 | bderks
Hi, I'm working at a very small electronics assembly firm and we need to get a better thermal profile of our reflow and solder wave ovens. Our firm is part of a larger firm that was set up to help handicapped people find work in the Netherlands. Yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 19:09:52 EDT 2010 | rway
A couple of things: Does the cap break if you try to remove it with hot air? If not, than you are breaking the caps do to mechanical stress. We have had similar issues. I don't think your board is suffering from mechanical stress from depaneling o
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 24 11:21:40 EDT 2010 | floydf
Hi, > > I have a 100nF 0805 ceramic cap (the most > common type!), Yageo brand (20+ pcs. on the > module). In our production run I get some errors > due to conductive caps (can be anything from 25 > Ohm to 5K - most are open of course). Only one
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 12 13:03:06 EDT 2010 | dyoungquist
Schematics help you troubleshoot further but if you do not have the ability to power up the board, you are limited in how far you can go with your troubleshooting. One solution to this problem we have used is this: The customer agrees to pay for 99
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 01:39:06 EST 2010 | boardhouse
Hi Johan, As a Asian board supplier - I would not recommend using Lead free hasl on any product that has BGA, you would be just looking for issues, flatness being the main. I agree with one of the other replies - Your purchasing dept. should not be
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 07:20:21 EST 2010 | piter
HI I used both of solder leveling HASL and ENIG, HASL I can recommended for biger pitch is cheaper solder leveling than ENIG but problem with that solder leveling is during the reflow process HASL isn't flat and during reflow process component move
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 30 04:59:19 EST 2010 | tpappano
Hello David, there are people here running these fine old machines. I have two, one I've been running for two years and another I've just acquired. It is not required to have a computer connected, but it will become handy for backing up and maintain
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 17 14:24:21 EST 2011 | vmorina
Hi Hege, Thank you very much for your input. So far I have four hot air from four different companies. ERSA: IR500 or IR550 http://www.ersa.com/index.php?modul=entry&id=346&entry_id=1473⊂_id=346&cont_add=467 Weller: WHA3000PS or VS http://www.te
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 25 21:29:24 EST 2011 | rway
I understand what you are asking. I just wanted to ask if you or your company has considered purchasing an AOI or ICT? Perhaps both? Both are valuable tools in the manufacturing process. We lived without our AOIs for quite some time, but in my ca
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 13:02:01 EST 2011 | deanm
Thank you for all who read this with interest and especially those who replied. I have considered the points posted and here is what we came up with: We all agree that double inspection is a wasteful operation especially if the operator is more crit
