Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 26 18:28:40 EST 2006 | MikeAJ
An adhesive style cleaner is primarily used as a "precleaner" for bare boards only. These machines are placed between the loader and the printer. The TekNek machines can be best compared to those disposable lint and hair rollers. The same type of rol
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 30 10:21:05 EST 2006 | CEB
Just recently installed new machine with Hawkeye 400, the vision system is extremely easy to set up and run. We have only been running but 6 weeks, but I would recommend the system versus the cost of a inline solder paste inspection systems. If you i
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 01 10:13:39 EST 2006 | kmorris
I haven't seen a hydrometer used in years. Are > you still foam fluxing? There used to be > automatic units available, but with the advent of > the spray fluxer, they may have dried up. If you > are still foam fluxing with alcohol thinner, >
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 31 17:14:51 EST 2006 | Chris
I would not go by any general rules at all. Test the product! Thermal cycle it and shock and vib test it. Got burned on a part that had 0.010" dia bumps. Manufacturer stated undefill was not necessary on their part due to bump size. I wanted to u
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 07 12:37:43 EST 2006 | Fawad
We are using Semi-automatic PNP machine from Fritsch model SM-902...presently there is a problem with the machine and the production is held up becoz of that...i have tried to contact Fritsch on their website...but they have not replied yet...sorry t
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 13 13:19:35 EST 2006 | pjc
ECD's OvenRIDER is the only instrument I know that can measure thermal transfer efficiency of a an oven. I suppose it would work for environmental chambers too. This instrument has thermocouples to measure ambient temp of oven zones and well as hi-ma
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 07:21:08 EST 2006 | rlackey
Or ask your board house to make the change for you - ours always do small mods like that for free, then send you back the updated Gerber. Regarding the layer changes, whenever we tried editing gerbers out of their original package we always had issu
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 07:28:08 EST 2006 | tk380514
Well thats what i was thinking of doing and i am not worried about the designer of the PCB. He truly is a dick and i have had many fights with before about wave soldering pad sizes yet he insists he is right but i change them anyway and send the orig
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 16:10:13 EST 2006 | slthomas
My understanding is that you get a reading that's the average of all of the jumped points if you jump tc wires with conductive tape. If you're doing multiple parts on a board with varying masses and don't control the attachment method (i.e., how mu
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 06 12:58:07 EDT 2006 | cw
hi All, Anyone use snap on type EMI sheilding before? I would like to provide a DFM to a customer who currently have a EMI shield soldered on the boards, which i found this not quite manufacturing friendly as it block the view for inspection, plus re
