Hello Russ, Your facility would be of interest to us. I haven't considered re-balling BGA components as of yet, I have some reliability concerns.. Does anyone out there have any documentation on the subject? What are your opinions on the process? Should I be concerned?? Regards, Nick D'Onofrio Quality Assurance CAE electronics [log in to unmask] >>> Russ <[log in to unmask]> 04/22/99 06:12pm >>> Hi Tomaso, Another option is for you to send your components to our facility in California where we specialize in ball attach and reballing services. Our minimum lot charge is $50 for up to three components and the price per component goes down significantly with volume. We have an automated ball attach machine built by RVSI/Vanguard for lot sizes in the 1000+ piece range. We also have robotic wave soldering systems we use for deballing. Much better than manual methods. We can do Ceramic BGAs with high lead balls, micro BGAs, and solder columns for converting BGAs into column grid arrays. Regards, Russ Winslow Six Sigma 1940 Concourse Drive San Jose, CA 95131 [log in to unmask] http://www.sixsigmaservices.com -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tomaso Mordha Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 2:33 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] BGA solder ball replacement options? Colleagues, We have to find a way to replace solder balls on small quantities of BGA devices, and I wonder what is available on the market. There might be just one unit or up to perhaps fifty units per lot. The BGAs are of various sizes, and pitches, and ball sizes. Is there a machine which can do this job for us? Can you suggest manufacturers names, and give a guess at the price range. Are there subcontractors who offer a ball replacement service - and fast turnaround? Again I would be grateful for any pointers from those of you who have experience of this work. TIA.... Tomaso ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ################################################################ 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 ################################################################ ################################################################ 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 ################################################################