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Nov 22, 2020 · While it is not used as much nowadays, wave soldering was a big advance in the productivity of manufacturing electronics, compared to soldering all the components by hand. …
What was the first computer board to be wave-soldered?
Mar 18, 2021 · The Wikipedia article on wave soldering does not give any information on its history. What was the first computer circuit board to use this process? I am specifically looking …
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Dec 13, 2019 · How did wave soldering work? [closed] While it is not used as much nowadays, wave soldering was a big advance in the productivity of manufacturing electronics, compared …
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Sep 6, 2018 · *2 - Wave soldering is a rather secure process and around since at least 1947 (oldest usage I know). It does require to have the whole board plus all of the placed …
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Ideally I would like to gain a comprehensive understanding of how labor cost varied as a function of component count, but finding statistics for this will be potluck, so I will happily accept an …
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So, after being masked, when the board was wave soldered to attach the electronic components, the original HASL solder, now underneath the solder mask, would melt again and reform …
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How did wave soldering work? [closed] While it is not used as much nowadays, wave soldering was a big advance in the productivity of manufacturing electronics, compared to soldering all …
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What was the first computer board to be wave-soldered? The Wikipedia article on wave soldering does not give any information on its history. What was the first computer circuit board to use …
Labor input for manufacture of early personal computers
Aug 14, 2018 · Wave soldering makes assembling an entire board very quick, and was starting to become popular in the 70s and 80s, so you can bet that anyone making complex products like …
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Why user-assembled kits? if every machine will be sold preassembled, the vendor can invest in things like wave soldering equipment that can do the job much more efficiently than a user …