Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 15 15:49:57 EDT 2014 | davef
"the sprite sugar/water mix" becomes a solvent because the number of carbon molecules in the sugar chain is greater than number of carbon molecules in the flux residue chain. Er, something like that ...
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 06:42:25 EDT 2014 | cbeneat
I use Simple Green, works pretty well, although I use the concentrate and don't dilute it as is recommended, so it's pretty strong. I am going to try the sugar water though. I'm intrigued.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 18:21:26 EDT 2014 | hegemon
Of course now I am really wondering if my own guts like the Sprite/Solvent... 'hege
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 07 10:25:03 EDT 2015 | swag
Dial indicator on a post/base. You might need a fine point tip to get between adjascent components and the BGA. Or... if you're real fance schmancy you could use a CMM if you have one.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 12:52:02 EDT 2019 | slthomas
The only material I've ever heard of for these applications is the one that you have already rejected (Durostone). There is a similar material called Durapol, and if memory serves me correctly it is somewhat cheaper than Durostone.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 12:59:04 EDT 2019 | don_julio
Thank you. Maybe I'll just order some oversized thick boards from the board house with no traces. There has to be a lower cost way than paying that kind of money they are asking for those products.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 13:37:03 EDT 2019 | slthomas
How wide is this board? I ask because if it's not terribly wide, you might just be better off attacking the problem with the profile rather than attacking the board conveyor design.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 13 11:19:13 EDT 2019 | etmpalletguy
Reach out to me Don, I build this type of tooling on a daily basis. these are known as Pallet carrier trays, custom Matrix trays, etc, etc... Very common in this day & age. ETM SOLDER PALLET DUDE.
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 11:18:11 EDT 2021 | dontfeedphils
I've always had good experiences with BTU, without fail. I've also had fairly good experiences with Heller, although they do like to slowly die on you one part at a time (blowers, SSRs, etc).
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 12:38:29 EDT 2021 | cunningham
We have had alot of issue with REHM our BTU on the other hand very little issues
