Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 23 22:30:46 EST 2002 | Jones
The CP-65E handles a wide range of board sizes, including large boards up to 508 x 457 mm or 20 x 18 inches. Handling consumer as well as industrial applications, this durable and highly efficient machine achieves a cycle time of 0.12 seconds/shot an
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 28 19:58:58 EST 2002 | davef
Well, reflow certainly would increase your preheat, wouldn�t it? On the other hand, some PTH [and SMT] components cannot bear the heat of a reflow oven. Some boards will never see proper barrel fill, because of either: * Design of the board. * Sl
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 09:53:56 EST 2002 | davef
You didn�t tell us about your solder, wave temperature profile, or the distribution of the problem. So, let�s assume the solder is near eutectic and the problem is wide spread. Wolfgang makes good points. So, let's talk a different tact. When we
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 13:23:53 EST 2002 | Shawn
Thank you all very much for the responses. The solder is eutectic and the problem, as far as I can tell, has been around before I was here, 2+ years. The flow machine is a treiber with 2 bottom preheaters and 1 top. The solder pot temp is 500F +/-4F
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 19:58:58 EST 2002 | davef
for regular eutecticish solders, keep the pot temperature between 230�C [446�F] and 290�C [554�F]. If you polled us on our pot temperatures, we�d be all over the map, but with more lower than higher than you. High pot temperatures tend to generate
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 04:54:43 EST 2002 | wbu
Well Greg, I don�t know YOUR 0805 Pads but if you look at the recommended pattern for 0805 in IPC-SM-782 you might notice that the Z-dimension is somewhat about the size of your 1206 part length. With that and assuming that you ask if the results wi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 28 16:12:47 EST 2002 | Joe B.
Dave F, thank you for your reply and the references you included. You asked why I'm trying to understand this info, here's an answer: I'm working on an NSF-funded materials-related project, one aspect of which may lead to some advances in the forma
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 29 15:48:31 EST 2002 | davef
On his site "SMT In Focus", our friend Brian Sloth Blitzen lists the following sampling of lead-free [no lead] links: * Alpha Metals: http://www.alphametals.com/lead_free/index.html * Circuits Assembly magazine: http://www.circuitsassembly.com/db_ar
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 16:17:31 EST 2002 | mzaboogie
I have recently been asked to look into some problems that we are having at wave. It is common for us to have unsoldered joints for boards that have SMT parts epoxied to the bottom side. Recently we have had a problem with a gold plated board. The wa
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 30 17:46:15 EST 2002 | davef
Hey, you can only carry that �No savings no bonus!!!� thing so far. * There is negative saving when the machine isn�t running. * I know I have to trim my finger nails, but that doesn�t mean I wait until I hurt myself scratching my nose or on the othe