Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 05 11:45:47 EDT 2002 | stefwitt
I have seen the U-shaped aperture on a customer site, being used with success. However, the problems with the stencil and the �loose� tabs where reportedly a reason to search for different aperture designs. Before this company could test their ideas
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 21:25:26 EDT 2001 | davef
Sure, use of U-shape apertures is another way to reduce the amount of paste that you apply. That and similar schemes mentioned in the article are not a function of the flux used. We have used U-shaped apertures for MELF and mini-MELF. They are sug
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 18 11:51:24 EST 2003 | slthomas
I like this answer! Part geometry, part mass, land pattern, print accuracy, reflow profile, placment accuracy, and aperture shape all play a role. If you use a homeplate to reduce solder balling, have high profile/low mass parts AND place more to
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 15 10:00:15 EDT 2006 | Joe C.
Hello Everyone, Does anyone have any experience with an SMT right angle LED from Panasonic, part number LNJ123W8PRZ. In our experience the pattern design from the vendor was not very effective (the part swam around on the pads & flipped backwards dur
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 26 12:04:16 EDT 2018 | wendymm
RS-274X file contains the complete description of a PCB layer image without requiring any external files. It has all the imaging operators needed for a PCB image. Any aperture shape can be defined as well as positive and negative objects. Maybe that
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 03 07:29:05 EDT 2002 | jax
Where did you find this article about "U-shape" apertures? I believe it is simply talking about rounded corners on the inside of a normal square aperture. ( resembling a filled in U ). It kinda follows the same ideas behind the home-plate design, wit
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 11:15:39 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | | | | | | | | Hello, | | If you are using no-clean and they are entrapped in the flux it is also IPC accepted but i havent found a customer yet who agrees with that. Im sure you have checked your profile. I had the same problem with chip compon
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 01 06:52:25 EDT 2001 | Mark
please look at trying lazer cut stencils. They have trapozoidal shaped apertures and this could assist with the paste releasing onto y the PCB
Electronics Forum | Wed May 29 10:11:50 EDT 2002 | wilcoxito
Thanks for your input, Alex. I appreciate it. I'd still like some input on diamond-shaped apertures if anyone has had experience with them.
Electronics Forum | Wed May 29 10:52:56 EDT 2002 | slthomas
Just wondering why you'd use a diamond shaped aperture? Seems like it'll just fill in the corners and be pretty much round anyway, so why not just start out that way and keep the volume you want?
