Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 06 08:35:20 EDT 2001 | brownsj
You can buy plenty of paste height measuring systems today, ranging from full 3D laser systems to systems using an oblique light line which will measure the paste height only. I found that the lowest cost option was to attach a DTI to the focus contr
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 11 16:44:34 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| | For Dean and the rest of you interested, | | | | I have reconciled many of my thermal issues with this machine and its peculiarities. The bottom side heater seems adequate, at 750 watts (not going to spend 10 grand extra for 500 more watts no ma
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 14:33:47 EST 1998 | Dave McFadyen
Looks like (so far) we have a concensus. Follow the paste manufacturers guidelines on storage. Normally, refrigeration is required to achieve max shelf life between 3 and 6 months in original closed container. Water-wash pastes are much more active t
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 10 04:16:20 EDT 2012 | grahamcooper22
you are seeing a typical issue that is caused when such small volumes of paste are printed....there are several reasons for it..the tiny amount of flux in the small deposit becomes exhausted much quicker then it does in a larger deposit ( the flux ma
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 05:59:28 EDT 2006 | davef
We agree with Ken's points about off contact / screen versus stencil, but this DHolt is talking stencil [regardless of what is typed about screens]. Comments are: * On "smears under the stencil": smearing happens. It makes us wonder about the frequ
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 16 22:09:36 EST 2014 | deanm
The critical operations where cross contamination can occur is the paste printer, the touch up station and the hand soldering station. Hand insertion should not be a problem if the parts are kitted or issued with proper control. If possible I would
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 23 09:45:05 EDT 2014 | rgduval
Generally, excess solder balls found randomly around the board/parts points to either a dirty stencil during printing, or a stencil/board that is shifting during printing (smearing the paste a little, and causing a dirty stencil. If the apertures ar
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 10 16:41:21 EDT 2001 | slthomas
OK, you're talking about inline AOI doin' all the work for you, for a price. Fair enough. If you can't afford the inline post-print inspection equipment, though, I still think you can depend on the 2D inspection of the paste to tell you if you've
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 19 00:14:47 EST 2002 | ianchan
Hi Guys, Can anyone help us out here, please? We need to know what formulae (other than Length(L)xBreath(B)xheight(Z)), is used to determine what volume of paste is required for 20mils pitch leadless chip carrier (LCC28), for the paste printing pro
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 14 12:44:48 EST 2008 | operator
Don't worry about the paste print. Just omit it from the stencil. Mask over all the SMT components after reflow with water washable WSOL masking. Then run it thru the wave to deposit the solder. Then wash to remove masking. Or you could manually run
