Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 00:02:09 EDT 2002 | fastek
Malcolm- Again, I point out that assembling a notebook is very different than building a sophisticated screen printer. As far as sourcing parts, I'd bet that nothing in an MPM printer is made in China at the moment. So that means MPM will have to
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 08:38:55 EDT 2002 | dasal
Truthfully, there are pro's and con's for both technologies. (put cost of ownership aside for one moment) Nitrogen won't dry humidified components as rapidly as a desiccant dry box. I'm talking about a self regenerating dry box that uses molecular s
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 08:37:39 EDT 2002 | davef
When you talk about 'poor wetting', 'dewett', 'no wets', etc.; are you seeing solder pulling back or away from the pad? Please describe the condition. Dewetting. The condition in the solder joint in which the liquid solder has not adhered intimate
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 31 08:23:49 EDT 2002 | mcm4me
221C). 2D vision can very effectively detect % pad coverage, I use it on my DEK and this customer has an MPM which I also believe to be capable. Here is another fact, when the customer uses Brand X solder paste the defects due to what they call pad
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 03 08:44:11 EDT 2002 | P. Kannan
We are having 3 MPM UP-2000 printer & 1 AP-25 printer with us. I would like to have the technical guidance for my following application. For one of our model, there is a requirement of Glue & solder paste on same side of the PCB. Currently we are u
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 08 17:51:51 EDT 2002 | davef
'The emailer on Cold Fusion came that way and we have been soooo busy trying to make sure the Geary's is gone before the date code comes-up that we just haven't had time for munitia like that.' Well, I'd like to revisit that decision, given: * Volum
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 12:05:35 EDT 2002 | russ
I use Paste for high temp balls and/or co-planarity/warpage issues. normally I only use paste flux for ball attachment. One down side to paste application is registration and volume anomalies with those little micro-stencils (for me anyway). Your
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 18:45:31 EDT 2002 | russ
Don't be too sure that it is not your supplier! I have just gone through a similar problem and finally traced it back to PCB design which made the fab not very manufacturable except at a high end shop. What are the specifics of the board? 5mil trace
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 13 09:47:49 EDT 2002 | johnw
Hi Folk's, a quick and easy? question. Got a card with PTH edge stiffeners fitted to it so we need to flow solder them. Having problems getting hole fill, mainly I think due to 2 things, poor pin to hole ratio and also a bit of oxide. The question i
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 13 13:46:54 EDT 2002 | soupatech
Hello again.... I have been reading up on profiles and how to set them up for different results. I now have an upcomming job with some strict guidlines on reflow. I was wondering... if I were to email a pic of my desired profile could someone out the
