Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 29 21:28:43 EST 2007 | hussman
Henkel Loctite makes a hot melt just for this. Do a web search on Loctite Hot Melt and you can see for yourself. Material comes in a variety of ways - we use the 10 inch sticks and their glue guns specially made for the material. Works well, is fa
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 23 05:50:35 EST 2008 | bentigano
Took about ten seconds for me, but still, 963kb's in .bmp format. Had you saved in .jpg format, it would have been 43kb. Either way, sweet feature. Unfortunately if people upload images nearly 1mb in size, I doubt the feature will stick around long.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 07 08:08:20 EST 2008 | scottp
We also use machinists dye. I like to pull a vacuum on the board after wicking the dye under the BGA. It seems to help fill fine cracks. I'll stick it in a warm oven if I'm in a hurry for the dye to dry. Then just bend the board to pop off the BGA.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 28 14:27:07 EST 2008 | cyber_wolf
The flux dries out and the paste sticks in the stencil apertures. As the flux dries it also causes the solder to oxidize. Hahaha ! I remember adding flux to paste back in the day to loosen it up. Do not do it ! I have been told by reputable industry
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 14 10:03:17 EDT 2008 | dwelch123
The bread pans are stackable, same size at top but smaller at the bottom. I also do this inside the solder wave. Just press the other bread pan on top of the other. It helps to have some guns on you, some little stick boy might not squeeze enough, bu
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 30 14:07:29 EDT 2008 | jdumont
We use a normal off the shelf (Best Buy) mini fridge. As far as the temp readings, I got some USB dataloggers from Omega and stick them in there. Download the data to your PC every couple of weeks (Outlook reminder). I also use these for our Nitrogen
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 30 14:26:20 EDT 2008 | davem
80 degrees F in the Summer. Also, "It is not recommended to store foods which must be kept at below 40� F for safe storage". Obviously we're not storing food, but the point is still valid. jdumont, Thanks for the data. I have a couple of Extech di
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 01 21:01:26 EST 2009 | isd_jwendell
I'm at 6800 ft. The only issue I had was related to a PEM nut that was not packaged properly. There was a piece of K@pton tape that was not centered on the part and the tape would stick to the carrier. The vacuum on my machine would not allow me to
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 07:42:57 EST 2010 | scottp
As engineers who are supposed to deal in facts, we don't do our credibility any good by speculating to try to bolster our cause. I'm waiting anxiously for someone to blame the earthquake in Haiti on Pb free. There are plenty of real issues with Pb
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 11:25:02 EST 2010 | stepheniii
http://www.techeye.net/chips/electronic-tin-whiskers-may-be-behind-toyota-recalls This article doesn't mention that their source is speculative and poorly written. But I am curious has Toyota confirmed that they do use tin/lead solder? I mean an ex