Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 21 10:24:54 EDT 2003 | russ
Whoever established the PPM rates should tell you what it is covering (solder joints/assemblies) PPM is nothing more than a ratio. Determining quality levels is really up to you/company and how you want to measure your quality. This can be anything
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 03 12:15:12 EST 2003 | fmonette
Hi John, There are different types of cabinets available with desiccants or Nitrogen/dry air. The best choice depends on many factors in your production environment. The most important consideration for level 4 components, is to make sure that your
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 30 08:53:15 EST 2003 | davef
IPC-6012A finds "circuit repairs" as acceptable in Class 1, 2, and 3 only "As agreed by user and supplier." So, it is your call, basically. Generally these repairs, if done properly, are reliable. See IPC-7721, 5.2.3, for conductor repair by welding
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 22 18:10:09 EST 2003 | odody
Tony, Be very careful with used equipment dealers. Make suer they have a comprehensive remanufacturing plan for the equipment, that it is calibrated the same as it would be from the OEM, and that the staff that will install and maintain it are fami
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 23 11:55:37 EST 2003 | Marc Simmel
Details, details: 1) The metal shell is part of the component body. The base metal is austenitic stainless steel (304) that has been plated with 90/10 tin-lead over nickel (semi-bright). 2) The entire part (leads and shell) is elevated by the mass o
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 20 02:35:27 EST 2003 | tommy
My boss who always like to read smt related mag,pick up what he can or don't understand from the article and blame all quality issue on engineering. We are seeing solder paste residue all over Juki printer equipment,on the floor,etc.This is mainly du
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 14 10:07:38 EST 2004 | Patrick
More on QFP soldering issue as per Paul f original e-mail. 1. Problems occured on different PCB's, on different lines using different equipment 2. Flux residue is common in the dimple on the solder. 3. The fault occurred using both "Kester 265" & "Al
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 21 12:06:48 EST 2004 | Claude
What is the most effecient form of heating ,ie calrod, IR, convection , or a mixture ? to produce a good thermal profile on a wavesoldering system on thermally challenging multi-layered boards? Thanks, Adam Adam, I agree with Pete C. Forced co
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 26 20:11:02 EST 2004 | davef
The primary driver to the set points for your oven is not the board or the number of zones in your oven. It's your paste. If you need a "ball park" guesstimate as a starting point, your equipment supplier is probably the best place to start. So fo
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 04 13:12:35 EST 2004 | Debbie
Hi Rick, Cleaning No Cleans is becoming more of a norm. It is true that changing to a OA flux/paste would be a easier process to control from a cleaning standpoint. A water soluble process will cost a great deal less as well. However, if your pro
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