Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 10:45:24 EDT 2003 | davef
On one hand, your suspicion is reasonable. Worst case, maybe you could workout an agreement that would lessen those concerns, like conducting price negotiations with the equipment supplier directly. While our suppliers sign a nondisclosure form, we
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 23 07:44:24 EDT 2003 | Peter VanHeusden
Shortlisted a Samsung machine CP45FV for purchase > for a medium speed application. Any feedback on > your impressions of Samsung machines in general > and also in terms of company, service, support, > software etc. that you would like to share w
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 11 17:48:39 EDT 2003 | Brian W.
Assuming you are working to IPC standards, are you working to Class2 or Class 3? Class 2 has an exception to the 75% barrel fill (para 6.3.1, page 6-7). "As an exception to fill requirements of Table 6-2 on PTHs with thermal planes or conductor
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 08 13:08:03 EDT 2003 | Scott Wischoffer
In the past three years, a significant number of machines have been sold through private sale, brokers and on the used market. Many of the companies who have purchased this equipment are using the Fuji America 24 hour free services on a regular basis
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 08 12:46:02 EDT 2003 | davef
When I was a salty old fart in the Navy, we sent the babes from the turnip patch off on snipe hunts. Shear tests are [in my opinion] senseless. The shear stress you measure depends more on the shear rate and on the point where the force is applied
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 20 10:27:25 EDT 2003 | Dan Gosselin
Do any of you guys have a list of parts that cannot survive hanging upside down during reflow soldering. As our board designs become increasingly dense and higher speed, we need to use all available pcb real estate. This means locating parts we hi
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 10:11:52 EDT 2003 | Stephen
An asteroid the size of texas is more likely to hit the earth than to get a BGA with one ball at the absolute max and another at the absolute minimum. The manufacturer is going to give themselves some leaway. What are you going to do about the more
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 17:12:40 EDT 2003 | Stephen
read the other messages. I havn't seen this problem nor have I even heard of anyone seeing this problem. If anyone else has seen this on unreflowed BGA's I would love to hear it. At first I thought you meant that your QA department was finding the pr
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 16 15:19:11 EDT 2003 | Ernie
BAD COMPANY???? Or good Business? $14,000 fee for a machine not purchased from the OEM is for a Service Contract, not a licensing fee. For this, you get four 5 day service trips over a year and 20% parts purchased for used machines. Considering the
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 11:38:14 EDT 2003 | slthomas
I'm not sure if I'll get to this next week, and since I'm gone after Tuesday I thought I'd get this out of the way. The Global Economy has gotten the best of this guy. I don't know where I'll land when the dust settles, but you can be sure that if I