{"id":616,"date":"2019-11-01T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2019-11-01T10:13:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T02:13:36","slug":"the-basics-of-printed-circuit-board-assemblysmt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/the-basics-of-printed-circuit-board-assemblysmt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basics of Printed Circuit Board Assembly(SMT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yzp-no-index\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/products\/pcba.htm\">Printed circuit board assembly(SMT)<\/a>, also known as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stuffing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153populating\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0the bare printed circuit board,\u00c2\u00a0is quite an intricate process which involves\u00c2\u00a0many different stages.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/about\/index.htm\">EBest Circuit (Best Technology)<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in house printed circuit board assembly service makes ordering your turnkey printed circuit boards a hassle-free experience as\u00c2\u00a0you can count\u00c2\u00a0on the industry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest support team to help you control every step of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are\u00c2\u00a0some of the basic elements involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/products\/pcba.htm\">printed circuit board assembly<\/a> process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solder Paste&nbsp;\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Solder paste is a combination of flux, a chemical created to assist in the bonding and melting of the metal, and small fragments of metal (solder) so as&nbsp;to apply the electronic components to the printed circuit board. The paste is placed on the board in specific places along the board in exact amounts with the use of a&nbsp;Solder Stencil&nbsp;and a paste application machine, automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick and Place Machine\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c This machine is essential in an automated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/products\/pcba.htm\">printed circuit board assembly<\/a> process.\u00c2\u00a0 The machine is programmed to automatically coordinate with complete accuracy the places to precisely mount each electronic component to be soldered to the printed circuit board. These machines are exact and quick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrared Reflow&nbsp;\u00e2\u20ac\u201c After the precise bonding element (solder paste) is applied to the PCB, the board will be directed to the reflow oven to join the electronic components to the board by melting the solder paste. This \u00e2\u20ac\u0153oven\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is comprised of many heaters whose main function is to heat the board to a precise temperature and control the level of cooldown as the solder hardens. This process is crucial to the creation of properly functioning electronics. The printed circuit board will run through a series of testing to ensure no issues or short-circuiting nor misalignments have occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Printed circuit board assembly(SMT), also known as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stuffing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153populating\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0the bare printed circuit board,\u00c2\u00a0is quite an intricate process which involves\u00c2\u00a0many different stages.\u00c2\u00a0 EBest Circuit (Best Technology)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in house printed circuit board assembly service makes ordering your turnkey printed circuit boards a hassle-free experience as\u00c2\u00a0you can count\u00c2\u00a0on the industry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest support team to help you control [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,18],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pcba","tag-smt"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}