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> The needs of the high-reliability automotive industry to create an inspection methodology outside of X-Rays is driving this change. Why is that a particular
by OJFord 3y ago
> The needs of the high-reliability automotive industry to create an inspection methodology outside of X-Rays is driving this change.
Why is that a particular requirement? Or is it just nobody wants/rather avoid x-ray, and automotive has greater need for inspection at all?
- cinntaile 3y agoIt's probably cost? X-ray is an expensive technique.
- OJFord 3y agoYeah but that's not specific to automotive right, that's what I meant. I was trying to understand whether they meant the need for inspection or the non-X-ray was the particular concern in the automotive industry.
- cpgxiii 3y agoAutomotive has much higher reliability requirements than consumer devices, and since solder failures are probably the leading cause of failures using *FN parts, they want to have effective inspection methods to ensure devices are assembled properly. When you use parts with leads, you can easily perform all of your QA checks using machine vision (all all the components in the right place, are they correctly aligned, are the connections properly soldered, etc), but if you use parts with no leads and the solder connections are hidden, you need a separate X-ray check which takes additional time, assembly-line space, and money. Depending on the components in question, it may also be tricky to get enough contrast in the X-ray image to identify defects.