Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 09:08:21 EST 2000 | C.K.
We've got this hard-to-Wave-solder board where all of the SMD's are on a ground plane - in fact the entire bottom-side is a ground plane. Our designers have incorporated thermal relief on some of the pads, but for reasons unknown to us, they don't h
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 06 21:56:54 EST 2001 | Greenman
While solder paste height is one possible process indicator, the other guys are right on the money - volume is key. One way to study overall paste volume is to measure every single pad, using a 3D laser analysis (see you next week for board 2)... OR
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 05 09:23:10 EST 2001 | Brian Toleno
While there may not be any specific requirement to cleaning prior to coating, cleaning an assembly prior to coating will only serve to increase the reliability and integrity of the coating. Some residues from low-solids fluxes can interact with conf
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 16:23:42 EST 2000 | Michael Parker
Hello Reno- Rather than capitalize with expensive equipment and spend a lot of time teaching yourself the right way to process, have you considered finding a Contract Manufacturer to help you? A good CM who specializes in New Product Introduction (N
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 13:51:33 EST 2000 | Michael Parker
Thanks for the details. Next question- where is your first time pass rate measured? Is this at test? Do you have inspection gates at the end of each process step? To get to the root cause, you need the earliest detection. Collect attribute data by a
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 29 10:50:24 EST 2000 | blnorman
Vacuum casting (same process used to make solid rocket motors) should remove any air from the paste. We had thought of pressurizing the tubes to remove the residual paste, but that would entrap air. The problem of tubes sitting out for different
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 19 16:01:18 EST 2000 | Dean
Hi Friend. I recently went through this same project in my factory. Initially, I spent quite a bit of time out on the lines (6) collecting data. After getting an overall idea of where and what the activities were I created forms and work instructio
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 03 11:08:29 EST 2000 | Phil
Hi there!!! Actually, all mentioned ideas were significantly related to the cause of tombstoning. But, based on what DL said, you have to check the placement of your 0402. Coz, based on experience, i evaluated the different variables for the root
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 25 06:14:14 EDT 2000 | Adam
Guys A question regarding design rules of a WSC.We are currently running a high volume product, and as usual the design layout is as such where half the through hole connectors are perpendicular to the wave, and surprise,surpise the other half are'n
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 09 10:37:25 EDT 2000 | DL
John, I hope your figures or numbers are part of your SPC process. Our management loves this stuff. I think the production line, world class or not would reflect the attitude of the people working on it(keep that between you and me) management does