Electronics Forum | Mon May 14 17:14:07 EDT 2001 | davef
First, consider checking the fine SMTnet Archives. Look for threads on "white tin", in addition to "immersion tin". We�ve had a cuppla good ones of late. Merix [http://www.merix.com] gives a good comparison of different solderability preservatives
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 10 20:13:23 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
For Dean and the rest of you interested, I have reconciled many of my thermal issues with this machine and its peculiarities. The bottom side heater seems adequate, at 750 watts (not going to spend 10 grand extra for 500 more watts no matter what) a
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 19:31:13 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| | We are having some problems with "drawbridging" on 0805 film capacitors. | | We have already reduced the pad width from .050" to .040" based on input | | from vendor. Defects appear to be random as far as location on the PWB and direction | | o
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 29 15:42:05 EST 1998 | Michael Fogel
| | | We are having some problems with "drawbridging" on 0805 film capacitors. | | | We have already reduced the pad width from .050" to .040" based on input | | | from vendor. Defects appear to be random as far as location on the PWB and direction
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 30 07:44:12 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | | We are having some problems with "drawbridging" on 0805 film capacitors. | | | | We have already reduced the pad width from .050" to .040" based on input | | | | from vendor. Defects appear to be random as far as location on the PWB and d
Electronics Forum | Wed May 22 21:01:49 EDT 2002 | davef
Ah, the customer is always correct, again. And you are officially �painted into a corner�. Actually, your customer is not correct. Thinking that money is going to be saved by specifying copper component terminations [or whatever in the world they
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 09:15:02 EDT 2002 | edahi
DaveF, Yeah you got that right...because the initial stages of the project, the products would only attach 1 passive (capacitor) hell when things got too cheesy they wanted to attach 20 caps or so....this is not like board assembly, this only 1 Flip
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 30 16:05:08 EST 2002 | msimkin
Hi, I have received a report form a board supplier, analysing the reuslts form non wetting problems we have been expereincing with their boards. I assumed it was due to the gold layer being too thin, thus allowing the nicklel layer to be exposed and
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 06 11:10:47 EDT 2005 | smt_rookie
We process a double-side reflow board (10 ups). Chips and IC's on the bottom side while chips, IC's plus thru-hole connectors and IC sockets on top side (bottom side first then top side reflow). In the past, we were not encountering any soldering pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 28 04:49:09 EDT 2007 | gregoryyork
Just a shame that the HASL fluids that are used contain Hydrobromic or hydrochloric acids or a mixture of the two and are full of strong wetting agents that are NON IONIC so the IC test results mean very little as they are checking for Ionics only. P