Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 13 07:26:06 EDT 1999 | Brian Conner
| | We are using a mixed technology process with mostly through-hole parts plus some SMT IC's on the component side and some passive SMT parts on the solder side. We do not have a proper wave soldering machine for doing solder side SMT (double wave
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 10 15:56:30 EDT 1999 | Jason Gregory
Has anyone ever heard of this? I have a Camalot System 5000 and we were in a pinch to produce some prototype boards. We needed Sn62Pb36Ag2-no clean in a dispensing mesh. All I could get my hands on was some Interflux paste in a jar. The formulation i
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 11:15:39 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | | | | | | | | Hello, | | If you are using no-clean and they are entrapped in the flux it is also IPC accepted but i havent found a customer yet who agrees with that. Im sure you have checked your profile. I had the same problem with chip compon
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 04 16:43:58 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| We are installing a new reflow oven and I have been told that we do not need to vent the exhaust out through the roof since we have a false ceiling. All that is required is to vent above the false ceiling and that the air exchange is great enough t
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 02 18:52:57 EDT 1999 | Graham Naisbitt
| Very shortly I will be evaluating OA flux and aqueous cleaning to replace our RMA and solvent cleaning process. I am primarily interested in batch aqueous cleaners for reasons of budget, floor space, etc. I am concerned about the ability of H2O t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 29 00:23:45 EDT 1999 | ScottM
| Currently, we are baking any PCB before process on SMT, the 'reason' is to dry any possible humidity that could be inner the PCB, it does not matter if the PCB is multilayer or not. We bake PCB's at 107C for 4 hrs and the board must be process into
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 27 10:37:47 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| We are currently using a 65/35 solder for our wave process but are considering switching to a 63/37 for a substantial cost savings. No one here seems to know why we everused a 65/35 formulation in the first place. | I understand 63/37 to be pretty
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 27 13:14:36 EDT 1999 | Bill Bannister
| | We are currently using a 65/35 solder for our wave process but are considering switching to a 63/37 for a substantial cost savings. No one here seems to know why we everused a 65/35 formulation in the first place. | | I understand 63/37 to be pre
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 19:32:03 EDT 1999 | Steve Gregory
| Can anyone give me the virtues of SMT package castellations vs. no castellations with particular reference to the ruggedness and reliability of the solder joints? Any references or studies that you can point me to? Also, although I'm in favor of
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 18:03:45 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| We only do rework with SMT components or a small amount of SMT work. We are having a hard time keeping the components safe throughout the handling process of removing one or two components, and issuing them to an operator for processing or inspect
