Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 16 04:02:18 EST 2003 | johnw
The IPC 610 actally conflict's with 7095 which give's a better indication of what's acceptable. I believe that IPC are reviewing both. Motorola did a bunch of work before basically showing that void's aren't that bad up to a certain size, I think pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 12:02:15 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi You are right. I guess some of us missed this point in the way this on line dialog works. I like to put the specification that the PCB supplier must adhere to, on the Physical Print. The Physical print is often used by outgoing and incoming insp
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 19:13:29 EDT 2003 | Steve Gregory
Be carefull about thinking that a hot air knife is going to be a cure-all to your problems. They may work in SOME situations. I have an Electrovert Electra that has a hot air knife, and to be perfectly honest, it creates more issues than it solves...
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 13 18:08:23 EST 2003 | ex maintain leader
I am a SMT/PCBA process engineer with 10 years of > experience. I have been working abroad since I > graduated college in 1993. Recently I have > completed my MBA and want to relocate back home > to America. My problem is that I am having > trou
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 10:04:09 EST 2004 | Marc Apell
183C, 60 +- 15 seconds). The quesiton to use a straight ramp or soak profile comes down to the product your are soldering. The key is to get the whole assembly at the same peak temp (minimized delta) and same TAL for effective formation of the so
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 09:40:27 EDT 2004 | arcandspark
I do agree with Mike, if you are looking to purchase a board wash system, do not get a dish washer unit, purchase a system built to wash PCB's not dishes. We had them at the former company I worked at and they worked best. They moved everything to Ch
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 10:50:21 EDT 2004 | Andy
We are in the same position like you. We are in a tug-of-war with our QA with regards to this process. Their reason is that the machine is used for quality purposes which is to verify BGA solder quality so it must be under Quality. From my experience
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 19:02:20 EDT 2004 | stefwitt
It is being done. I�ve lived and worked in 3 countries, have visited all countries in Europe, been in Asia and most of the US. Japanese are in love with robots and automation. Japan has already moved most of their manufacturing out of China, while US
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 24 04:26:32 EST 2005 | Hannu
Morning all, Has anybody done any pin in paste job with a dispenser? I read somewhere that the needle i.d. should be slightly larger than the hole diameter, but with holes of 1.4 mm I would have to work with a very large needle indeed. How does past
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 08 22:37:03 EST 2005 | davef
Your company has chosen to define its requirements for tracebility as it has. So, people there should be able to help you understand their purpose and intent. For instance: * We distinguish between 'repair' and 'rework'. Repair requires a MRB ac
