Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 20 14:58:22 EDT 2006 | smt_guru
Allow me to make some recommendations. This is my firm's bread and butter, so to speak. Helping startups like yourself achieve their budget objectives, but in the process being innovative and thinking outside of the box. Here are my suggestions----
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 26 10:58:16 EDT 2006 | J.E.M.
Question for anyone using panasonic super thin surface mount light touch switches EVQ-PLDA15. The above part has a recommended land pattern with two gnd pads.There is a little tab on each side of the part that i assume is suspose to make contact wit
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 10 16:00:43 EDT 2006 | samir
QE's are the guys that sit in meetings asking the process guys --- "Uhhmmmm....my pie chart here says that we have 11 solder shorts on U1 for the week. WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?" Unfortunately, most QE's dress nice, are tall, have gelled slic
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 19 09:21:54 EDT 2006 | Chunks
That's like asking who's Mom is the best Mom. Your main goal in choosing a screen printer is based on several things: Size for your boards. Speed of your line. Board layout in ref to edge clearance / use of breakaways. Post inspection 2D/3D of paste
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 23 18:28:59 EDT 2006 | mika
Please be a little bit more specific about your problem. 1. is it all components on every board? 2. is it only components placed from one machine in the line? 3. is the solder paste registration ok? 4. is this a new product, that have never been runn
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 14 11:09:09 EDT 2006 | Baer
You can contact Graphic Research and Brad Koor will tell you that his maintenance is actually less. He has been running MS2 for a year and a half (he was the first production beta). His people know how to maintain the process which is not hard but mu
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 01 22:04:11 EDT 2006 | davef
Problems with IPA are: * IPA / material being 'cleaned' combination still needs to be removed from the board. * IPA and empty containers are a hazardous material by RCRA criteria (40CFR 261) * Flash point (~12*C TCC) of IPA is low enough that all ele
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 15 15:51:21 EST 2006 | RJ K.
I have been looking into buying a rework station like ERSA or PDR. What I am questioning is how well will these systems reflow BGA's with metal top/cover that are reflective. In addition, when preheating the board would dark body packages absorb te
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 03 12:51:20 EDT 2006 | Ofer Cohen
I'd appreciate your support in the following issue: A significant batch of PCBs failed on de-lamination. The failure was identified, of course, only after the assembly. There is a big variety of components (BGA 1mm, BGA 0.8 mm, FQPs and other SMT co
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 03 12:51:59 EDT 2006 | Ofer Cohen
I'd appreciate advise in the following issue: A significant batch of PCBs failed on de-lamination. The failure was identified, of course, only after the assembly. There is a big variety of components (BGA 1mm, BGA 0.8 mm, FQPs and other SMT componen
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