Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 17 16:39:33 EST 2000 | Larry
We have just installed an omega wave to our W/S machine and are tring to W/S some of our bottom side surface mount components. I am still getting skips on some sot 23's. The component lay out meets all IPC 782 guidelines. I have verified these setti
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 17 07:51:49 EST 2000 | Peter Barton
John, I have had previous experience of immersion silver coated PCB's in place of HASL coated type using no-clean processing with little or no problem at all. All of the process parameters were left unchanged. There is a very minor difference in th
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 13 14:41:22 EST 2000 | Boca
By Hot Air Knife I assume (leave it alone Dave F.) that you mean a debridging knife located at the exit end of a wave solder machine. Russ is right, they are not a good substitute for a good process, but once the process (w/o HAK) is developed, it
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 13 14:45:01 EST 2000 | Boca
By Hot Air Knife I assume (leave it alone Dave F.) that you mean a debridging knife located at the exit end of a wave solder machine. Russ is right, they are not a good substitute for a good process, but once the process (w/o HAK) is developed, it
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 13:58:15 EST 2000 | Steve Thomas
I'm looking at stencil printers, particularly those that can produce good repeatable prints on finepitch boards with minimal setup and training. I would love to find a printer that does auto x-y-theta alignment (would like a system that aligns sten
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 20 15:03:18 EST 2001 | davef
I have a knack for asking those "set-up" questions of sales types during their presentations. It's so bad, I don't even have to pay for lunch to attend SMTA meetings. The "presenter" pays for Dave. YES!!! I've read the Richard S. Clouthier "SMT S
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 09 10:58:00 EST 2001 | davef
Wait, wait, wait ... I'm not completely sure what a line tech does, but I was his / her boss, I would not be happy if the first thing my new line tech [or any other employee] did was to suggest that I go out and spend BIG $$$ [especially before he /
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 27 03:35:23 EST 2001 | peterbarton
Steve, I have to support the comments made by Dave F. Provided the surface mount parts on the second side are correctly orientated and not too close to any adjacent through hole leads then the best option has to be to print glue then wave solder. T
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 28 03:57:46 EST 2001 | peterbarton
Are you using a water based flux? Are the solder balls mainly around or near non-plated holes or near the edges of the PCB? If so the preheat must be set so the water content of the flux is fully evaporated before the board hits the solder wave. If
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 24 00:50:24 EST 2001 | PeteC
Fresh paste from a factory sealed container. Should paste be scrapped out altogether if left on the stencil for too long (length-of-time?)? Our paste is Multicore CR39. Multicore reccomended the print chamber be around 22C @ 50%-60% RH. Our plant is
