Increasingly components are available only in surface mount packages. While surface mount assembly requires some different tools and techniques than through hole assembly, these tools are not particularly expensive and the techniques are not difficult to master. This article describes some tools and techniques available for assembling prototype or low volume surface mount printed circuit boards. Boards have been successfully built using these techniques containing parts as small as 0402 and 0.5mm pitch...
BEST Instructors have put to video demonstrations of common hand soldering skills. These are not designed to be in place of live one on one training where repetitive skills and subsequent one on one feedback is given. Rather they are quick refreshers designed to be viewed if a specific skill has not been practiced in a while.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. (March 1, 2006). MYDATA, known for its automated placement machines, will launches the �Rock the Process Tour�, featuring its new screenless printer � the MY500.
We have a customer transitioning slowly to lead free due to necessity rather than a need to comply i.e. some of their BGAs can only be purchased Pb free only. So for this we would want to produce them a leadfree soldered PCB (not necessarly RoHS complient though)...
I'm getting a poor glue application in the smt process I have a Gemini machine and I need an efficient method to analyse the consistence and inspect the process by the operator.>
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SMTNet Express March 10, 2006
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