Dear Earl, In our country there was a custom to work in the same place till pension. This is because the size of the country and other factors.Young people don't do it any more. I am dedicated to my workplace, spent my youth here, as many others, and really love it. I just know everybody, what we are capable of , and I am putting every effort in improving myself and our image dayly. The problem is not our possibilities, but the fact that customers are not easy to aquire. I hope that we will continue to survive, our managers try hard. But we have here also a bad political situation right now. And that adds to our fears. Concerning BGA rework, we just bought a manual print station from GENRAD, and try to overcome with it the coplanarity problems, as well as using it for ceramic BGA's. They have sent us a formula for the stencil apertures, and the user's manual. In the next few days we will have the opportunity to use it , as we got a job for 100 parts replacement with new version components. I think that printing paste on the part is easier, if bad ,you clean the part, not the crcuit. What do you think? Gaby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Moon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: Re: NTC - The Gregory's are a team now... > Gaby, sorry to cut in here but the world is getting smaller as more jobs are > lost everyday. Steve spoke of my knowledge about immediate, drastic > dowhsizing relative to my having placed orders with SCI in Austin mostly > because Jason Gregory was there. Immedieately upon receipt of shipment, I > was notified of the plant closing and Jason's lost job, among many other > fine folks. I'm just thrilled Jason is working again and with someone of the > same family name and technical ability. > > I now talk with over a dozen displaced folks who's talents and experience > are very well known and established. I do alright but not as well as last > year before the "crash" - pardon the awful expression. I just hope everyone > does well through this mess. I know you will as you are one of the best. > > Could you tell me about your BGA rework experience here or off line. Was it > the process or part? > > Best wishes, > > Earl > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------