Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 13 16:51:08 EDT 2008 | edmentzer
We are a small contract manufacture who started out using the component manufactures part numbers. That lasted about one month then we had an apple and orange with the same part number. I looked at what my customers were using, one had a real good
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 18 11:20:08 EDT 2008 | pjc
Stencil apertures are cut to deposit solderpaste onto the annular ring, provided its wide enough. Then you can place a solder preform if needed to ensure there is enough solder to fill the barrel. Here is some information on solder preforms: http://
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 09:30:20 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Omid, No-clean fluxes need to be used right out of the can without thinning. In the past with RA and RMA fluxes you could adjust or thin them to your desired density because they had plenty of solids up to 30%. No-Clean fluxes have a lot lower solid
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 30 05:05:08 EDT 2008 | allgood
I havent used it yet but I do find myself keep coming back to it - I have been searching for a decent ERP system for my micro company for years. What I like about it is the way you can export and import just about any data which we need to do as our
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 17:52:30 EST 2008 | orian
Hello Im a uni student trying to find out information on SMT. Ive just spent around 2 hours searching for SMT information and can not find anything. More i spend time trying to figure out how, im starting to think, this is not something you can do
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 23 17:34:07 EST 2008 | davef
We hear you talking two main issues: 1 Solder paste release 2 Thoughts on using two passes of solder paste on the stencil 1 Solder paste release * Check your aperture & aspect ratios [Search the fine SMTnet Archives for more] * Do a better job with
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 14 08:30:08 EST 2009 | smartasp
Thank you all for your valuable inputs. Have having done some more investigation we have realized that there is actually no standard as such to which the ROHS components have to be manufactured aside from the contains of substances like PB and al o
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 04 10:01:55 EST 2009 | dcell_1t
Hi there, We're developing a DOE where stencil design (aperture design) is going to be evaluated, currently we have regular reduction on sides, home base (triangular and semi-circle), "C" or "U" shape, and an idea for oval shape for pasives also cam
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 12 11:57:59 EST 2009 | jmiller
i have searched the forum for hours. read all the threads that deals with cleanliness and ionic testing. (http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=40295) (http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=22603) (http://www.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 17 10:44:29 EDT 2009 | rmitchell
Hi, follow up, Thanks to everyone that responded. We finished the build, the sun burst thru the clouds and the birds sang. Well that was a slight exageration. Sorry for lack of detail on the original post, I was frazzled. Since the 0201's were p
