Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 24 17:40:51 EST 2000 | John Thorup
Hello Chris As John says, a Dremel works well but be careful not to let it grab and get away from you or to let it cut too deep on a multi layer board. If you are using one of the traditional long and pointy Exacto blades I can understand the frust
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 19:27:14 EST 2000 | Marc Ruggiero
Hello, I am looking for inputs (experiential or opinions) concerning field reliability of high-frequency RF boards that have had a trace or pad repair (or both), any package type. If anyone can comment on this subject, I would appreciate it. We bu
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 13:05:23 EST 2000 | aldo r. maldonado
i am getting a lot of dimension variation in some chip parts (like coils). Using Panasonic MVII-F chip shooter, I am inspecting the part with transmissive lighting (back ligth)centering with the square shape of the part. I attempted to trick the mach
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 04:42:28 EST 2000 | cpgoh
HI all, thanks for the advise.. Electrovert is being used from 7am to 7pm and we do dedross from the surface of the solder bath during lunch time around 12nn. Break Time we just sweep them to the side.. Every two week, we do the solder bath maintena
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 10 08:42:40 EST 2000 | John
We're quoting out a new board design, and one of the prospective suppliers is pitching a silver coating process over hot air leveling. We haven't had experience with boards of this type, and I am concerned about any processing issues that may come u
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 13 14:41:22 EST 2000 | Boca
By Hot Air Knife I assume (leave it alone Dave F.) that you mean a debridging knife located at the exit end of a wave solder machine. Russ is right, they are not a good substitute for a good process, but once the process (w/o HAK) is developed, it
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 13 14:45:01 EST 2000 | Boca
By Hot Air Knife I assume (leave it alone Dave F.) that you mean a debridging knife located at the exit end of a wave solder machine. Russ is right, they are not a good substitute for a good process, but once the process (w/o HAK) is developed, it
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 17:13:15 EST 2000 | Dave F
Sorin: Formulas for calculating heat dissipation of traces don�t seem to provide practical results. But there are some wonderful tables and graphs that will meet you needs. You may need to do some finagling when calculating vias and through holes,
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 02 21:24:27 EST 2000 | Dave F
Glen: As I mention in an earlier response in this thread, I think someone at Steve's plant (or may be in his packaging spec for the fabs) is doing something to leave a residue, but I'm also thinking solder mask ... ENIG can be applied before or aft
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 14:45:30 EST 2000 | Casey Scheu
Russ, I'd be happy to buy your Chipmaster back. The fact that you don't like the unit tells me you don't do rework. If you were unsatisfied, why didn't you call? (305-451-4722) APE offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We would have given you a ful
