Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 08 14:09:45 EDT 2000 | dtm
Ok here's the story...My company has recently started an in house smt line. (we have been mfg thru-hole for years). We hired a smt op and the most of the rest was from reading and previous experiance from other employees/engineers. Our test departmen
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 10:17:10 EDT 2001 | genny
Hi, ENIG finish is the same reason I came to this forum for the first time a few months ago. I found a bunch of useful information by searching the archives. Check it out. ENIG has some good properties like flatness, and the process control has i
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 15 10:43:23 EST 1999 | Brian W.
I think the issue may be more than just the oven. I worked at a facility in Florida, where lightning strikes were common. We installed backup generators for the facility. Among the issues and costs we analyzed were: frequency of outages, boards i
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 17 11:49:58 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| My question is in regards to how exactly temperature and humidity affect the stencil printing process. If temperatures here at the plant in the summer are 70-73 degrees F. and relative humidity is 60-65%,to what extent will the results of the ste
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 13 12:53:09 EST 1998 | Energy Technology Systems
ETS, Energy Technology Systems, would like to prove the capabilities of the CUREFLOW System (Solder Reflow and Curing Ovens)to you first hand. If your company is in the market to purchase a new reflow oven and would like to make that purchase ris
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 18 14:44:59 EST 1997 | Scott Cook
No problem..... > No; the last time I used the process was 1983. > Yes, and in your neck of the world, I'd bet you're looking at Flutec products.....(I used PP11 juice way back in 1979). > I would dispute this. I did EXTENSIVE testing for thermal eff
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 03 17:48:34 EDT 2002 | dphilbrick
My customer is finding a blue haze on some SMT pads after processing, kind of looks like a water spot on the surface of solder joints. It requires 20x mag and very good lighting to see. We have done 2 different ionic tests and the boards pass to clas
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 16:38:01 EST 2003 | russ
James, The last time I evaluated in-line cleaners (2 yrs ago)the Aquastorm was by far the best. They were the easiest to maintain, acheived the highest cleanliness level (per in-house testing with omegameter 600 heated solution), and were the quiete
Electronics Forum | Thu May 06 19:56:30 EDT 2004 | bruceatknoll
Here is some more info with regarding my Wave. 1. PCB .065" thick 2. leed length .20" (.135" protrution) I know this is high but we use many thousands and cutting each is not practical. 3. no clean flux by way of foam fluxer 4. wave machine is a HOL
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 08 12:46:02 EDT 2003 | davef
When I was a salty old fart in the Navy, we sent the babes from the turnip patch off on snipe hunts. Shear tests are [in my opinion] senseless. The shear stress you measure depends more on the shear rate and on the point where the force is applied
