Another system is the Bump-It system form Galahad (561-487-0271). It is a semi-auto vacuum system that uses dedicated tooling for each component type. The system is about $4500 and tooling about $500 each set. Mike McMonagle K*Tec Electronics (281) 243-5639 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Marsico 516-595-5879 [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 7:03 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] BGA Reballing > > We're using a simple system from HTI Engineering (508-359-2786) which > uses a > two-stencil system. The first stencil is used to manually squeegee > solder > paste (or paste flux) onto the component, and the other stencil (with > larger > apertures, is used to locate the solder balls. It's not designed for > high > volume, it probably takes 3-5 minutes a component. It works well and > is > relatively inexpensive, about $5k. > > Jim Marsico > AIL Systems Inc. > (516) 595-5879 > [log in to unmask] > > > ################################################################ > 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################