Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 03 13:39:39 EST 2017 | proy
Just about to set up a lead free solder pot exchange system for my Electrovert. Wondering if anyone has had success using say large ball bearings or materials which will sit inertly in the bottom to occupy space and reduce the alloy required without
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 14 22:52:28 EST 1999 | Wayne
I am experiencing a problem with a surface mount coax connector that over time pulls loose from the PWB. The connector has 4 small gold plated leads and we are soldering it to a flash gold board. A cable plugs into the connector and puts some const
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 24 11:12:56 EDT 2001 | nwyatt
Hi. We are currently using an unconventional method to rework a micro BGA - removing component with hot air, fluxing the area, placing the part with pick and place, then reflowing it in the oven. The reason we are doing it this way and not with a r
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 15 07:59:53 EST 2001 | John S
My company is in the process of evaluating dispensing/screen printing vendors for a new production line that will build a mixed through hole and smt board in high volume. DEK recently came out with a system that uses a thick plastic stecil with mach
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 06 15:35:04 EDT 2006 | jbrower
Larry, Are you a glutton for punishment, a masochist, just so sure that your answers are right and or important, or are you just REALLYYY bored at work and decided to be a dumb ass on the forums.. Loading boards into a flow solder machine for 12 ye
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 26 17:05:42 EST 2003 | davef
Q1: Are the markings on resistors the actual value? A1: Generally, resistor marking indicates the value of the device, where the first two digits are the value and the third digit is the multiplier. Q2: Do AOI machines look for these markings or do
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 09 13:07:01 EST 2000 | Jeff Woodruff
I have seen an issue that escapes our ICT and functional testing or operates in an intermitent fashion. The lead is slightly separated from the PCB with a fully formed solder joint behind it at the heel an toe. The joint apears to have started to tra
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 22:23:40 EST 2005 | mrduckmann2000
Ken, You nailed it! We have a Electrovert Vectra wave solder machine that will erupt solder all over the place while heating up, we had to disable the timer because of all the solder splatering. Electrovert told us that our machine had a small des
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 17 22:28:54 EST 1999 | Tony A
| After switching from No-clean flux to Water soluble (Kester)we encountered voids problem (X-ray and microsectioning). Reducing the apperture sizes made the voids smaller but did not eliminate them. So we had to go back to No-clean. Any idea why voi
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 08:15:54 EDT 2014 | jax
With a melting point of roughly 300°C, you would need to have the product see temperatures peaking around 325°C at a minimum. (I would make sure the components and PCB materials can withstand these temperatures) Most convection ovens do not go over 3