Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 04 14:10:53 EDT 2002 | melo_guy
And People wonder why 50%+ of americans are Obese. Take a fat cake filled with cholesterol and fry it in more fat and cholesterol... ... Wait, Wait I got it, its the next big rage "Heart-Attack-on-a-Stick" ya, thats it! Instead of those spiffy re
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 24 17:32:54 EDT 2002 | ksfacinelli
The big problem we saw was the appearance of the solder joint after the water wash process. We saw the joints turn white through the absorption of moisture. Looked real bad but still functioned. I would stick with using only one of the processes a
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 04 12:50:23 EST 2002 | babe
Sorry for being late on the reply. Whatever you do, flux from the container or the manufacturers flux pens. Stick witht the same chemistry. Mixing chemistries, IE: different fluxes will create more problems in rework than you will see if you use the
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 06 13:00:29 EST 2002 | daanterstegge
I wouldn't recommend a metal squeegee, because if you can't wipe the step-etched area completely clean (that's the problem with metal) you'll have problems with the definition of the fine-pitch (it may stick in the holes). Best is a 70 Shore polyuret
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 16 15:12:05 EST 2002 | sueph
I made a small bean bag from 100% cotton filled with rice, to hold down small resistors that wanted to tilt over solder wave. It worked fairly well as long as I didn't try to take it off the components to soon, as sometimes they would want to stick
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 18:47:12 EDT 2003 | russ
I would assume we are talking about a radial leaded electrolytic cap? We use Electronic grade RTV (Dow corning 3145). It sticks good and can be removed if necessary. It is also pliable so you don't have to worry about CTE or other stresses that may
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 11:58:03 EDT 2003 | sam
When we try another test by using less solder paste, we found under the microscope that the solder was actually stick on the LED gold surface, but not having good wetting. By this finding, we can basically conclude that it was poor solderability caus
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 09:31:25 EDT 2003 | caldon
BMAN.........Consider yourself shot down. unfortunatly (for you) Mike and Ken are right on the mark. The root of your problem is the current system you have for stencil wash...Explain what Maintenance headaches you have. Many moons ago I had a Smar
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 17 10:49:48 EDT 2003 | davef
We agree. Colin Lea showed that HASL less than 2 microns [80 uin] thick has limited shelf life and that shelf life gets worse as the HASL gets thinner. Unless you do not need shelf life, consider sticking with 100 to 500 uin. There is nothing wrong
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 19 09:49:20 EST 2004 | davef
Not as such. Choices are: 1 Cut and epoxy some board foil from your board fabricator. 2 Sacrifice part a pad repair kits from the likes of: * Engineering Lab 905-785-1982 * Circuit Technology Center 978-374-5000 * General assembly suppliers catalog
