Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 04 08:34:07 EST 2007 | davef
We no advice to give you on the topic, but maybe while you're waiting for others to reply, reading a trade journal article on the topic might help. Below is a link to "Pin-in-hole reflow (PIHR) and lead-free solder joints" by David Bernard, Bob Willi
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 04 11:35:01 EST 2009 | dilogic
1. can you load cut tape onto the feeders, or only reels? You can, but you have to use cover tape extender (pretty cheap, though) >2. how about parts on trays (like Atmel AVRs in the QFP package)? You need tray feeder. But you can "make" your own
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 03 10:41:57 EDT 2011 | patrickbruneel
Some of us here attended the 5th CALCE international symposium on tin whiskers http://www.calce.umd.edu/symposiums/ISTW2011.htm where one of my former professors, Dr. Henning Leidecker, talked about the tin whiskers he and the others at NASA Godda
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 08 11:50:55 EST 2011 | pgoodyear
As a technician that does frequent board level repair / rework some issues have come to mind. I have been an electronics technician for almost 50 years. In that time I have seen the evolution of electronics from point to point wiring using vacuum
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 04 21:07:16 EST 2014 | sarason
You should ask yourself a bunch of questions before you consider going down this path. The first being where are the bottlenecks in your existing line and is there anything you can do to eliminate or decrease there bottleneckness (made up word). I
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 09:23:25 EST 2016 | rgduval
We've had our My500 for about four months now, and couldn't be happier. We are a super-high-mix, super-low-volume shop, and the flexibility provided by the 500 over stencils is stunning. So, you buy 5-10 stencils a week? That's 260-520 stencils a
Electronics Forum | Mon May 02 12:35:33 EDT 2016 | adamjs
Or try : http://www.sipad.com/ I think sipad is incredibly cool and would be the perfect solution, but is way too expensive. We're paying $0.80/each for four-layer ENIG boards, 50cm^2 with 0.125mm trace/space and 0.8mm-pitch LGA landings in lots of
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 29 10:11:02 EDT 2019 | cyber_wolf
“For a number of years now, work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of a transmission that would not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but would also be capable of
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 15:36:27 EDT 2019 | davef
Josh, are you setting someone up with these questions? Answers to your questions related to the subject line follow: Q1. Does the Epoxy Solder Mask Layer of a PCB protect against moisture absorption? Is this a primary function of the solder mask?
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 09 15:03:41 EDT 2020 | davef
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