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Is Our Blood Leaded Or Unleaded?

Electronics Forum | Sun May 18 00:43:06 EDT 2008 | aisart

There are two approaches I have seen at different sites that seem to work. The first one is for them to use gloves. When I asked as to why, they told me there are studies that showed people wearing gloves are less likely to put them in their mouth an

What is the rootcause for BGA Lifted PAD after reflow

Electronics Forum | Tue May 20 09:34:28 EDT 2008 | roc2x

Well something is different isn't it? * Paste * > Part supplier * Board fabrication * Was the > profile that you reference the measured > temperature or the the settings keyed into the > oven? > > The cross sections seem to show less > than exp

Small CMs, how do you charge for this stuff (if at all)?

Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 14:43:58 EDT 2008 | rgduval

We charge a flat rate that covers Programming, Documentation, and Engineering fees. We arrived at the number by estimating an average time spent on these activities over a period of about a year. I lifted this method from a company that I used to w

CP6-4000 nozzle centering errors?

Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 14:57:26 EDT 2008 | rodrigo

Hi all, Is it normal for some of the small nozzles to be rejected by the wide view camera? Every time I do a nozzle centering the narrow view camera shows green circles for nozzles 1,2,3,4. The larger ones (5 and 6) show the asterisk. The wide view c

Pick and place pickle

Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 20 01:12:50 EDT 2008 | chrispy1963

Look into a used Siemens F-4 or F-5. These machines can be had for a reasonable cost, they are easy to maintain, the footprint is small (7' X 7.5') and they are simple to program. These machines have a 12 nozzle "Star" revolving placement head for

Rollback the Lead-Free Initiative by Dr. Howard Johnson

Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 02 16:46:12 EDT 2008 | jmelson

Yeah, way back in the beginning, I was VERY suspecious of the whole thing, as car batteries that had KILOS of lead in them were not regulated in any manner. It seems to me a car battery smashed in a wreck and spilled into the storm drains is 10,000

Rollback the Lead-Free Initiative by Dr. Howard Johnson

Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 10:46:26 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel

Real Chunks, I intercepted the email below from the RoHS USA pushback mailing list. This email comes from an engineer employed by the largest OEM in Belgium. Looks like you made a great point that �work� can take on several meanings!!! ************

QFN void issue

Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 20 18:32:55 EDT 2008 | hegemon

Back when I used to do a lot of these style devices we ran into the same problem you are describing. Use a pattern for the center pad area and keep the total coverage to about 68% of the pad area. Diagonal Stripes, tic tac toe, cloverleaf, dot array

Assembleon Topaz calibration

Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 23 19:33:09 EDT 2008 | adamcrum

Hello, I have a Philips Assembleon Topaz (not an X or XII, just Topaz), that we got from a broker or what have you. I just did a complete rebuild of the head assembly after some of the shaft bearings went out and was getting ready to do the auto moun

Assembleon / Ipulse / Mydata... opinions?

Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 26 08:55:20 EDT 2008 | grayman

Hi, I know both Ipulse and Mydata but I have no experience with Philips ass. I pulse is own by Yamaha and most design change to Yamaha but Yamaha retain the capability, so if you are looking for machine capability I would suggest for I pulse, On the


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