Date: Tue, 26 May 98 11:27:37 PDT From: isquires To: Khaled Hassan Fouad Subject: Re: [TN] Concerning SMT board manufacturing As an acceptable minimum you will need some new kit Screen printer Pick and place reflow oven rework equipment if double sided boards then possibly a glue dispenser (or fingers on your reflow as opposed to chain) You will also need to get your head round some new (to you) stuff i.e. solder paste variants and profiles clean or no clean technology rework and inspection standards / procedures some of this info can be 'cadged' off possible suppliers (usually their reps or tech guys have relevant experience) training will be a big MUST Your question is very big to answer in one hit. but in short you have a lot of work ahead of you If i can help break any of this down for you give me a shout. good luck Regards Ian Squires Senior Production Engineer ------------------------------------------------------- Graseby Dynamics Ltd Park Avenue, Bushey, Watford, Herts, WD2 2BW Web Site: www.gradyn.co.uk Phone: 01923-228566 xt 295 Fax: 01923-221361 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Registered in England no. 480992 Registered office: 765 Finchley Road, London, NW11 8DS ------------------------------------------------------- Regards Ian Squires Senior Production Engineer ------------------------------------------------------- Graseby Dynamics Ltd Park Avenue, Bushey, Watford, Herts, WD2 2BW Web Site: www.gradyn.co.uk Phone: 01923-228566 xt 295 Fax: 01923-221361 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Registered in England no. 480992 Registered office: 765 Finchley Road, London, NW11 8DS ------------------------------------------------------- ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################