Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 13 16:54:20 EDT 2004 | davef
If the terminations on your components are not barrier plated, you must be very careful about the amount of time you stay above liquidous. As you'd expect, longer is not better. The longer you stay at liquidous, the more of the component terminatio
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 07 17:42:05 EDT 2004 | davef
Here's more on controlling the type of solder used in the assembly shop. http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=28859
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 10:45:34 EDT 2004 | davef
Start at Dan Terstegge's excellent jump site: http://www.smtinfo.net/Db/_Pin%20In%20Paste%20Soldering.html
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 14 08:00:01 EDT 2004 | davef
Bags of sand might work. For background discussions on this approach, search the fine SMTnet Archives on: bag* and wave
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 14 14:10:11 EDT 2004 | chad
I've had several customers use bean bags. There are a couple companies that will custom make them per size and weight. Other options are wave fixtures. You can contact me offline if you need more specific information 503-924-2747
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 00:16:37 EDT 2004 | KEN
bean bags work great, but rarely need to be used. Are you having parts jump out when they hit the laminar, chip wave or both?
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 16 11:51:58 EDT 2004 | pcbrown
I found a place that makes them and they are making some samples for me. Like anything else, I am sure there is a certain touch to placing the bean bags as to not disturb the parts. (Not sure if he uses fine Corinthian or basic cow hide ;)
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 18 21:40:47 EDT 2004 | KEN
I walked in on two of our "Veteran" wave operators playing hacky-sac with a wave bag. I guess they don't have enough to do.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 19 07:04:29 EDT 2004 | pcbrown
LOL! I don't have to worry about that. The two guys I have probably don't even know what hacky-sack is!
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 09:17:16 EDT 2004 | davef
The more we think about this, the more we think you should join the 20th century and upgrade from your good ol' WS609. We know this will be tough. We used the stuff for 10s of years.
