Title :
Designed experiments to analyze the solder joint quality output of a SMD remanufacturing system
Author :
Fidan, Ismail ; Kraft, Russell P. ; Ruff, Lawrence E. ; Derby, Stephen J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Integrated Electron., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
A robotic remanufacturing cell system developed at Rensselaer is used to replace a surface mounted component on a populated Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The performance goal is to estimate the high quality solder joint output to measure the cell system´s throughput. Maximizing the number of the reliably reworked components by the cell system is not chosen as a goal for measuring the system´s performance. This is because rework is a low volume process and the cell being used is an experimental prototype system. The purpose of this paper is to present the steps, factors, and levels for obtaining a good solder joint with the rework cell developed here
Keywords :
design of experiments; printed circuit manufacture; quality control; soldering; surface mount technology; Rensselaer; SMD; designed experiments; printed circuit board; rework; robotic remanufacturing cell; solder joint quality; surface mounted component; Assembly systems; Cleaning; Design methodology; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Power lasers; Printed circuits; Quantum cascade lasers; Robotic assembly; Soldering;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium, 1996., Nineteenth IEEE/CPMT
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3642-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMT.1996.559780
