Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 17 19:44:20 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Ashok: Well, your customer probably has a good reason for wanting you to send them boards without holes in the solder mask. What is their goal for the mask capabilities after you get do reworking the boards? * Cosmetic surface coat? * Performance t
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 12 20:41:31 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Russ: That�s a pretty stand-up postin� bud. It�s neat that you can root-out that dirt. We couldn�t dig-up that stuff, if they threatened to shoot the dog. You could be correct about using convex for waving. We don�t wave RNET as Philips suggests
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 23 14:17:47 EST 2000 | Finepitch Services
Stuart, My suggestion is a DFM meeting (most of the process people dream about a meeting like this, and luckily, I've been to a few) with: - project manager (if there's one) - customer service rep (annual volume, lot size, product life) - smt proce
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 11:19:23 EST 2001 | CAL
Precision parts and precision boards are nice for the initial evaluation but are costly for routine monthly accuracy tests. I know for a fact all the Siemens machines leaving Germany are evaluated with precision parts and board and placements are eva
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 08 09:07:22 EST 2001 | Hussman
OK, without knowing the specifics, why does everyone blame the oven? Most solder balls occur around R's and C's in almost every shop I've been to. The best place to start looking is the screen printer - not the oven. Sure the oven is the last proc
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 17:11:57 EST 2001 | davef
First, x-ray inspection machines have a wide range of capilities. Resolution is a key measure of a machine's ability to "distinguish" features. People say that some x-ray inspection machines have the ability to position the board being inspected at
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 22 17:31:08 EST 2001 | davef
Hold off on the sharp knife for little bit. [Yano, I get "queasy" when I see much of my blood, but other people�s blood doesn�t bother me much. Weird, eh?] [Oh bye-da-bye, I didn�t win the bar bet on "Ground Hog Day". I didn�t loose it either. T
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 15:29:11 EST 2001 | johnw
measuring Paste volume or at least paste height is an essencial part of any SMT process. You've got to control those input's.... Paste volume determines how much solder is available for your joint so theres a direct to joint reliability / PCB reliabi
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 03 22:03:18 EDT 2001 | davef
With friends like you, who needs enemies? I�d guess that the perceived benefits of flat pads for your 20 mil pitch and below components counter-balance the higher cost, gold being a solder pot contaminant, limited solder mask compatibility, potentia
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 10:16:42 EDT 2001 | davef
Welcome to SMTnet. Awww, those assemblers are always whining about something. Just tell him to shut-up and build the blankin� boards. Jeesh!!! We used to have copious archives on the topic on SMTnet and our friend Brian is working his fingers t
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