Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 09 15:33:18 EST 2002 | davef
I just returned from visiting a nice assembly shop. Virtually every person in touch labor was wearing headphones and listening to a "walkman". We don't permit use of personal gear on the line that for a variety of reasons. What's your practice and
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 14:39:10 EST 2002 | Claude_Couture
I think it's a question of how boring and repetitive a job is. also, I seem to remember background music in most office environment improves productivity, and that there a special music programs that adapts music styles for different period of the da
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 12 11:47:59 EST 2002 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Excellent. You are right that many areas due to ESD or cleanliness requirements would not be appropriate for Walkmans, personal CD players and such. YiE, MA/NY DDave
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 13 10:50:53 EST 2002 | slthomas
Hmmmmmm, one part per beat, per operator. Consider using your Radial lead inserter as your canned drummer.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 31 02:11:04 EST 2002 | MA/NY DDave
Hi This has been an interesting topic. I agree and I remember an older guy or two, some of which I knew, who agreed that common sense isn't exactly common place. The idea always drove me crazy, for a while. YiE, MA/NY DDave
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 10 16:30:44 EST 2002 | Randy Villeneuve
Tin is pretty standard. I would doubt your leads are only Nickel plated as Nickel will oxidize very quickly.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 10 22:18:32 EST 2002 | davef
Randy's correct. If you were soldering to nickel with WS609, you would be complaining about non-wetting, not lumpy solder flow.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 09:41:26 EST 2002 | davef
I'd guess that you need to sit at your current 216-218*C peak for that 5 to 10 seconds that I mentioned earlier. Increasing your peak is the easiest way to do that, as you say.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 12:43:03 EST 2002 | kerryn
We use our ultrasonic stencil cleaner. Before we change the wash solution, we clean pallets, chains, fingers, etc. It does a good job and takes only a few minutes.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 11:11:59 EST 2002 | Randy Villeneuve
Lead in pencils is conductive, so if dust or lead particals were to break off (which they could easily do) this could cause shorts on the board, etc. Its common practice not to use lead pencils in electronics manufacturing.
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