Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 07 12:11:32 EDT 2009 | naynayno
We are in the process of transitioning from OA flux to No-Clean. Because of the tighter process window there is a lot of concern about component and PCB solderability and storage. The last thing we want to do is put some solderability specification
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 08:07:25 EDT 2009 | davef
Many solder wire suppliers put a on rolls of solder wire either a: * "Date of manufacture" stamp and then specify a shelf life in their product documentation ... OR * "Date of expiration." J-STD-005, 6.2, 6.3, and Table 4, where it states "If the st
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 01 02:57:42 EDT 2009 | d0min0
davef As for the repair : - with hot air blower it is not possible (you can melt, but it will not wet) - with standard iron - no problem to repair (no additional material is needed) isd.jwendell yes, the profile is checked on those places (same si
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 04:53:31 EDT 2009 | d0min0
to summarize - 3 components are placed on a single module x 8 on pcb - 2 anodes & 1 cathode are infected (so no component for us) - the problem does not look like wetting problem as the component and land pad is wetted, but the paste is not complete
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 01 08:34:50 EDT 2009 | davef
First, the reflow thermal recipe provided by your paste supplier is only a ball park guess. Beyond that, the temperature measured by thermocouples on your oven heaters are only loosely related the temperature of solder paste on your board. You need t
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 13:56:36 EDT 2009 | julie331975
I work for a CEM. We are having some quality issues with some pcb's that came from China. (I know, big surprise) Can anyone with pcb manufacturing experience look at some pictures I have and give me an opinion as to what could go wrong in the pcb man
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 09 11:54:52 EST 2009 | gregp
Unfortunately that is what new machines cost. When spending that kind of money you need to select a supplier that will give you top notch support. As for auctions my advice is stay away. I recently bought some machines we manufactured on an aucti
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 25 01:00:54 EST 2009 | henry_usa_stencils
The design of the opening apertures for the glue stencil and the metal thickness.Its is very important. The Engineer of the stencils supplier have to look into the height of the components and the gap of the 2 leg(pads)and give the assemly house an s
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 18 09:07:24 EST 2009 | tommyg_fla
dave, where I work they are having the same problems with 1B31 acrylic. The coating thickness is 6-8 mils dried so that have to do several passes with an air dry between them and a final oven cure. They think that it might be related to the heating r
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 26 09:33:24 EST 2010 | smt_guy
Hi, I have a copper plate that we received from supplier with oils and some sort of stains. We tried most of the general type of degreasers by soaking but didn't work until we tried a Floor Stripper from Ace and it does make the copper clean and shi
