Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 10:06:30 EDT 2002 | Bob M
I place 15-20 mil a lot. You need to look at your pad to apature reduction. Your stencil thickness. The type of paste your using. We use 2-5 mil reduction on each side as a general rule on fine pitch. This varies depending on pad width. We also use 5
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 20 14:23:50 EDT 2002 | larryk
PizzaFred, Scott mentioned lots of good ideas. Take one of your boards to each vendor and see what it takes to program the board how long it takes for it to become online. I've found some that are easy to program, but require 40 or more assemblies to
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 23 03:12:01 EDT 2002 | surachai
We encounter this problem also , I know that it 's acceptable per IPC standard but sometime it fail at ICT and FCT , then this problem should be prevent , we found it with QFP 16 mil pitch and the defect looklike negative wetting at the front of lead
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 24 12:49:43 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
Aperture reduction @ 5 mils thickness is your best bet. It may take several attempts to get just the right paste volume. What aperture reduction was specified to the stencil house for these specific LEDS? or was the stencil blindly produced using a
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 25 05:08:33 EDT 2002 | msimkin
Gregg, We had a similar problem with our 0603 leds. They were being placed bang on, however, during the reflow, they twisted, fell sideways etc. We played with our profile, played with the paste volume & land pattern design, and only had a small impr
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 01 16:18:16 EDT 2002 | davef
Q1: Is this [paste in hole] feasible? A1: Yes, many people lower their operating cost by reflowing through hole components. Q2: What types of components are difficult to do this way [paste in hole]? A2: Types of through hole components that are d
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 10 19:27:42 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
I am an OEM �sales type� I think just about everyone on the forum knows that. I do not think it matters who is making postings provided they can offer factual answers, solutions or legitimate suggestions to solve the problem at hand. I personally t
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 13 22:19:28 EDT 2002 | mikestringer
Hi Everyone What lubricants do your maintenance people use for the chains in your Reflow ovens? The manuals for our ovens have one recommendation - but I am always open to other people�s experiences and recommendations. Another option may be easie
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 18 16:24:05 EDT 2002 | russ
Big BIG BIGG wave with a lot of preheat capability both top and bottom. You may need to exceed the standard "100 C" top side preheat to 120C or so (be aware of any topside SMT going into reflow over the wave). A spray fluxer with very fine atomizati
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 22 14:57:18 EDT 2002 | Jim M.
I use a water soluble flux to solder an LCD into gold plated through holes of a .031 circuit card. Problem is the current water soluble flux (850-33) is not made anymore (the drop in replacement has a different formuala and does not work). The main i
