Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 04 15:58:27 EDT 2001 | Ralph Wagner
Q. Mr. Kerry, who did you vote for, Gore or Bush? A. SmartSonic Q. Mr. Kerry, what is your favorite color? A. SmartSonic Q. Mr. Kerry, do you believe in Creationism or Darwinism? A. SmartSonic Q. Mr. Kerry, IBM or Mac? A. SmartSonic Q
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 06 10:33:32 EDT 2001 | Hussman
Hi Pete, Wow, I figured you'd have tons of answers to this one. Anyway, call the vendor of the adhesive you are using and see if they have a cleaner for their adhesive. Most do now. Just make sure the SMT pads and vias do not have any adhesive on
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 13 16:44:43 EDT 2001 | seand
Hello Hussman, Sorry about the misplacement of my strand on yours. I was just posting to the very end of the conversation at the time. My statements were not aimed at you or at sales in general. Just trying to show that not all of us in sales are
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 03 15:53:17 EDT 2001 | nwyatt
We have purchased 2 and will be implementing them in our line shortly. We have one for component inspection and one for paste inspection. We are planning on starting with it "dummed down" and then adding more variables and tightening our criteria a
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 03 16:46:59 EDT 2001 | davef
It's OK to have a thin film or haze of paste left on the stencil. Printing nice bricks of paste is the important thing. Assuming you know these things, so tell us more about your situation. PRINT QUALITY: What do your paste deposits look like?
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 08 14:49:23 EST 2000 | Travis Slaughter
I have never tried this and wouldn�t really even want to consider it. Epoxy generally cures at around 160c in a fairly short amount of time, solder paste requires much more time and a peek temperature of about 210c or more in some cases. Curing you
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 09 22:33:27 EST 2000 | Dave F
All: I don�t think this isn�t what Charlie was asking about, but since he�s got our juices flowing on the topic, does anyone have a sense about running paste and adhesive at the same time, beyond the issues that we spoke about in responding to Charl
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 16:00:31 EST 2000 | Travis Slaughter
I have had cases when it was necessary to run epoxy and paste at the same time. The only good reason I know of to even think about messing with going to this trouble is if the surface tension of the solder melting pulls the part out of alignment. T
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 08 09:55:51 EST 2000 | Scott Davies
May I make a suggestion with regard to the "Jobs Available" section of the SMTnet Career Center...as well as the "Job Category", "Company" and "Modified" fields which appear on the main page of this section, could you also include a field which shows
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 06 07:49:16 EST 2000 | Dave F
Casimir: A comment and a couple questions: * Have you considered a machine that forms component leads to "self-clinch?" With this forming components snap into hole in the boards with the proper finished lead length and requires not trimming after
