Bev et al,
My thanks to Mike Fenner for the "nod-on", it
seems appropriate for me to issue a formal statement and flamers will have to
excuse this one....
Concoat are in the final stages to acquire the
business unit formerly known as Multicore SPCID. This includes MUST II and
Contaminometer. SoldaPro and our Auto-SIR unit are already in
place.
I am sorry if there are some support issues for
the above, and I would ask all Customer Techies to PLEASE inform me personally -
I NEED this information, and will address all of your questions. We intend
putting in place new service support facilities. Obviously I am anxious to learn
of any and all customer concerns that may be addressed
off-TechNet.
I take on-board Bev's request, and confirm that
I will be willing to be involved with this proposal. Perhaps it could be fully
reviewed at the forthcoming IPC meeting in Orlando? I would suggest that we
consider producing a "Code of Practice" document. In this way, all the
vendors have input and most of the customer issues can be addressed. I can
provide an example of such a "Code of Practice" that was prepared via the NPL in
the UK for Thermal Profiling, and if anyone wants a copy, let me know
off-line.
Jack, could you please inform me as to how
else I could employ the IPC / TechNet to notify both existing and
potentially new customers?
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I've
been talking to the fellows at ACI/EMPF and we have decided we would like to
form a users group for the MUST System II Wetting Balance.
I
guess what I would like to see would be the following:
1)
Have multiple sources of advice for little problems
2)
Share info on the test parameters for new and/or weird parts. For
example, how do you hold a 0201 in a clip made for 0805's? How do you
hold a thumbwheel?!! How deep do you immerse some of these wonderfully
designed components that only have solderable surfaces on the vertical side of
the part! GRRRRRR! I think you get the
picture.
3)
Champion using globule testing as opposed to a full solder bath
dip.
4)
Act as resource for the IPC 5-23a Task Group (J-003) and IPC 5-23b Task Group
(J-002), if Dave Hillman and company are willing to have us. :)
5)
Apply persuasion, if it becomes necessary, with regards to service as the
Multicore/Loctite/Henkel transition continues.
Note, anyone is of course able to
form a similar group for other wetting balances and we aren't making any
claims one way or the other here about the equipment in question.
So, if you are interested, phone or e-mail
me.
regards,
Bev Christian
Materials Engineering Lab
Manager
Research in Motion
519-888-7465 x
2468