Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 14:54:38 EDT 2012 | stentech
I am not aware of the Nano protek flaking off. However I do believe it can wear off through abrasion. Unforunately there is no red light goes off when it has worn unless you have good paste inspection. Even when it wears it will not take you to a neg
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 21 19:53:20 EDT 2011 | isd_jwendell
Using AIM N.C. paste, just ran 10 panels to test after applying Rain-X to the stencil (pre-clean with IPA). Printing and release were slightly better (maybe my imagination), but not a large difference. Stencil remained cleaner longer. I could not tel
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 22 10:03:15 EDT 2011 | scottp
Rain-X is a "hydrophobic silicone polymer" according to Wikipedia. Silicone is not something I want around a soldering operation without a chemist I trust telling me it's OK. Having it work a few times without any obvious problems wouldn't be evide
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 19 13:09:48 EDT 2017 | slthomas
Thanks, all, for your responses. It's always helpful to know what everyone else is doing, whether to validate your own experience or to force you think in more detail. At this point we've determined that no amount of aperture design, material contr
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 19 09:41:30 EDT 2017 | sumote
Steve, The 4 things I would do, and in this order: 1. Clean your stencil with stencil cleaner wipes after it comes out of the stencil cleaner. I like MicroCare ProClean (MCC-PROWR). I will even saturate the wipe with a bit of isopropal just till
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 22 10:07:48 EDT 2012 | hussman
We chose the MPM over the DEK. We did real world comparison in our factory with both machines almost side by side last year. MPMs offer a real windows based software that basically takes the operator out of the equation. Besides the basic screen p
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 24 09:52:08 EST 2014 | davem
Hi Guys, So I work for a small contract manufacturer which caters mainly to the defense sector. As such, our customers haven't (yet) had a great need to incorporate 01005's into their designs. Looking forward, we decided to "take the plunge" and dia
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 13 20:49:50 EST 2014 | creating
Creating Nano Technologies Inc, Plasma Surface Pretreatment equipment widely used in automobile applications before printing, coating and bonding. Automobile application: 1. Headlamp and tail lamp 2. Car interior part and exterior par