Vinit,
Please forgive the format of the response, but I am new to the forum and
am responding via a cut and paste on an archived issue.
Regarding a rework station, I would very very highly recommend a product
called a "CHIPMASTER 1000" by a company called A.P.E. in Florida.
Although their website is a little hard to navigate thru the various
products that they offer, here is a link:
* http://apecorp.com <http://apecorp.com/>
A few years back, I was doing a stint with Seagate Technology as a
Development Technician when it became my job to personally oversee the
removal and replacement of 2 large ASIC's each from a pilot production
run of 300 DAT Tape Drives, in a very short time, with no damage to any
boards. I could not find any rework houses that could guarantee quick
turn and no damaged units (zero damaged boards).
The solution turned out to be the purchase of a "CHIPMASTER 1000", which
I had purchased, had shipped, received, setup, and became proficient in
the proper use of, all in less than a week, for about half the price of
the best bid we had from an outside house.
It took me an extra half day to train our top assembly girl from the
line in how to disassemble each drive, use the CHIPMASTER for the
Rework, and reassemble the Drive.
Between the two of us, we had the job done in less that 2 weeks overall,
which included testing the reworked units, without the loss of a single
drive.
These people have a unique patented approach to getting the heat where
it belongs to accomplish the task quickly and safely, without damage to
the Board, which works equally well with either BGA or leaded SMT
devices. They also have a great inventory of nozzles, and a unique
"nozzle exchange" program to help you keep your cost down
Do yourself a big favor, and at least look into what they have to offer,
and compare them to any other systems that you might be thinking about.
Did I mention that the cost of the overall rework project, including my
time, was less than the best quote we were able to get, and that the
total turnaround time also beat doing it outside.
The system payed for itself on the first job.
Hope to have been of some help,
JaMi Smith Member of Engineering Staff
Optical Crossing Inc.
Hi all,
I am presently evaluating BGA rework machine. I would be grateful if,
anyone who is using the same, could provide me their feedback regarding
their respective equipment, regarding the performance, reliability,
accuracy, ease of operation, nozzle reliability, nozzle costs, profile
accurcy, software, and any other factor which you feel is important.
I am also looking at this equipment for prototyping.
Thanks in anticipation.
Regards
Vinit Verma Flextronics Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. E-Mail :
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