Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 28 12:55:16 EST 1999 | Justin Medernach
Greg, The best advice that I can give you is a PBGA will respond just like any other surface mount package. There may be a 5 degree delta between a PBGA 356 and a QFP208 but the two respond very similarly in the convection reflow environment. CBGAs
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 29 14:30:28 EST 1999 | Dan Woodward
I am not sure if I have seen an article comparing solder joint strength Vs pressfit although I am sure this has been researched by literally hundreds of companies before they felt comfortable going to pressfit. I know one of the issues with solder is
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 13 21:11:53 EST 1999 | Curtis T.
Steve, I have done countless board profiling and oven reflow profiles. Here are the critical factors on you need to address. What is your board surface finish, if it is something like an OSP it will need a good amount of an active (aqueous) flux to
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 09 23:57:41 EST 1999 | Jeff Sanchez
Mike, A drag solder system is not so bad. If it's not discoloring the silk screen , damaging your parts or blistering your boards than it looks like a safe bet. I am not sure what other components you have on the boards besides the LED's? But the
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 22 11:16:04 EST 1999 | Boca
Chris, Some ramblings- Your choice depends on factors like which defects you're looking for, bugdet, quality inspection philosophy, high or low mix environment, sample sizes or 100%, and so on. Are you going to test 100% of the product coming off t
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 14:13:57 EST 1999 | Dave F
Thomas: From what you're telling us, you seem to be thinking correctly: 1 Paste should not spread appreciably in preheat 2 Something has changed, because you've not had this problem, until recently Two things to consider: 1 Has any thing changed
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 16 10:53:25 EST 1999 | Scott Cook
Ok, help me out here guys and gals...... I have never understood the concept of scoring on mixed technology or SMT boards. It is quite obvious to me that the potential for SMT solder joint damage through the mechanical stresses of breakout are high.
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 07 10:54:21 EST 1999 | Steve Thomas
We're looking at redesigning our stencils to facilitate better (well, it's pretty much non-existant, so any improvement is a big leap) release from fine pitch apertures. Currently we have perpendicular walled laser cut apertures. We'll be having
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 09 17:12:38 EST 1999 | Dave F
Steve: Addressing your points: 1 FINE PITCH APERTURES Electropolishing Laser Cut Stencils: Laser cut should not requiring polishing. Geesh, how much money do you have for stencils? ;-) Oval Shaped Apertures: Pass. What do you expect to gain f
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 10 15:08:18 EST 1999 | John Thorup
I would be afraid to have this kind of basket holding my boards. Yes, in most cases, you would not get damage if the boards were closed inside of a good, metalized (silver colored) ESD protective bag. The problem is that the boards usually have to c
