Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 19 20:28:49 EDT 2006 | mrduckmann2000
We recently purchased a Mirtec AOI machine, it take a bit to program but overall we are pleased. The machine has a downward looking camera, we have had some issues with the machine not catching opens. When a IC has it's legs bent straight up off th
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 29 12:23:58 EST 2005 | JeffP
>Anyone can do good airflow with a little brains, and so >>delta t is important, but not the main weakness I see on >>batch convection. Actually it is a main weakness with batch and small conveyer ovens on the market. There must be a lot of people
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 25 00:07:23 EST 2005 | pyramus
Nope actually the whole bluetooth component is a raw part comprising of BGA and chip components in one small PCB wherein this whole assembly is encased in a shield. So basically when we recieve the part we can only see the shield and some minor chi
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 15 15:04:51 EST 2006 | Fliyer32
I tried MS2 for almost two weeks and I can see it works. MS2 is more a preventive tool rather than a solution to convert pour on top of the dross. Very important if you use this stuff is that you do the encapsulation of the wave, the bigger the surfa
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 24 07:43:45 EST 2006 | Chunks
Q: If you do not use a selective wave pallet does this not leave the possibility of solder flowing up thru the Via's on the board? A: No. Your board house can cover your vias with solder resist. Your board house can plug the vias. You can cover t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 31 14:23:39 EST 2006 | samir
Chunks, For our lead-free eval, we had the same problem with "charred looking" solder paste up the component termination of one of the smaller discretes, coupled with excessive solder balling...this smaller part did see peak temps in the 240 range -
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 23 14:15:34 EST 2006 | billyd
Has anyone experienced any type of rush by customers to go Pb free? I mean, I see a huge rush for all the CM's to get their ducks in a row, but I haven't seen any push from any other part of the industry to get moving on it. We do a few lead free ite
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 07:54:58 EST 2006 | Wave Master Larry
LIsten I'll have to diagree with you there.Now Im not the biggest expert at screen printing at my place of employment its a different department than wave which is my primary expertice but I see those UP20000 printers are always down with problems.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 25 21:29:08 EDT 2006 | TMC
Thanks for all the replies. Rob . . . that's what I was looking to get feedback on; to see if others can program their reflow ovens so that double sided boards only reflow on top during the second pass. Our oven does have an edge belt conveyer so t
Electronics Forum | Wed May 10 13:03:50 EDT 2006 | PWH
It sounds like your depaneling method is good. The only thing left to look at is to see if the depaneler is hitting the part somehow from the cutter or the bottom plates. I've seen time and time again where an operator has a part in contact with th