Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 21 16:33:57 EDT 1998 | Cunli Jia @ SMTnet
Should this Forum be used for unsolicited sales? SMTnet has stipulated (in the FAQ page) that the SMT Forum messages are meant to be technical and not to be used for unsolicited advertising. However, we have not enforced this rule since 1, there
Electronics Forum | Fri May 01 13:27:18 EDT 1998 | Ray N. Lopez Mata
| | I would like to know something about Siemens machines from users of Siplace or old machines. | | Thanks ! | I currently have a Si-Place S15 and wouldn't get another Siemens for anything. Their service is the worst I've ever seen. The machine
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 25 19:40:01 EDT 1998 | Stan Traxler
| We have to mount our SMD devices 0.1 to 0.4 mm off the pcb | PCb substrate to compensate for thermal stressing in a | Space enviroment. Has any one any ideas or contacts for | dissolvable pads. this only applies to leadless components We have appl
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 23:59:45 EDT 1998 | Mike C
| Hello Ya'll, | I've got what may be a silly question, but why does it seem so important to everybody that you have x-ray capability if you're thinking about doing BGA? | I know what most people will tell me; "Steve, that's a pretty silly qu
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 09 14:02:29 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | I am currently involved in a reliability project related to SMT QFP and TSSOP fine pitch solder joint reliability. I have decided to use a temp chamber for stress testing. Is there a test standard that covers this? I am also a bit unsre as to whe
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 11:30:03 EDT 1998 | mpark
Clint, You may want to call KJ Marketing Services, a Canadian company that fabricates plastic laser cut stencil. They call it "Kepoch stencil" This material was originally developed by Dupont, and patented and marketed by KJ. It was available for
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 15:55:37 EDT 1998 | Michael Allen
| I'm also in the "Don't score it" camp. Routed breakaways are much better. If your wave solder process has decent control on the wave height, you shouldn't worry about flooding the boards. | The fine pitch consideration for panelizing - Since you
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 17:33:17 EDT 1998 | Eldon Sanders
I agree with Michael, scoring works great. We build both and medium size small boards, anywhere from 2 to 100 square inches. Thickness from .030 to .062 Panels contain anywhere from 2 to 16 boards. About half are odd shaped, with cutouts and not
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 03 08:19:36 EST 1998 | Jon Medernach
| Hello, | We are currently trying to design and ultimately implement a system that will be able to count and manage component placement for three Sanyo chipshooters on three SMT lines. | As the number of components decreases in the reels we want to
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 29 15:42:05 EST 1998 | Michael Fogel
| | | We are having some problems with "drawbridging" on 0805 film capacitors. | | | We have already reduced the pad width from .050" to .040" based on input | | | from vendor. Defects appear to be random as far as location on the PWB and direction