Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 30 10:18:31 EST 1998 | Dave F
| We are in the process of assessing some medium volume, stand alone SMT Placement systems. Does anyone have any experience with :- | | 1) Europlacer (Specifically the Progress 6 or EP600) | 2) Intelliplace (DHM-120 or SHM-120) | | I have searched
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 16:02:53 EST 2003 | Dave C.
We have auto-correct funtion on our Panasonic Create CM-301 placement machines but have never turned it on because of a perceived loss of placement time when the camera verifies placement. We look at the first article and correct placemnt if needed.
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 09 11:42:37 EST 1999 | Dave F
Jeff: Try this: ROSA. John�s spot on. I�ll add that it is a fluxless method that reduces the oxides in an aqueous solution. Another source of information is: Trench, M., Hillman, D., Lucey, G., "Environmentally Friendly Closed Loop Soldering,"
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 15 10:04:02 EDT 2005 | stepheniii
It depends on what you want to accomplish. I believe DB Cooper wants a better product with less wasted effort. If so then Russ and DaveF are the ones to listen to. If you want to impress managers, customers, and others, then you are doing it right.
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:25:02 EDT 2008 | hegemon
ol' hege has got to agree with Chunks and Dave. Seems every time there is a problem, the finger is first pointed at the process. For my $.02 it doesn't matter if your process is 100% bulletproof, procurement will screw it up by finding a vendor that
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 07 09:11:33 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| We've noticed that there are many different recommendations for pad sizes for various SMT parts. This seems to vary wildly from manufacturer to manufacturer for the same case sizes. Is there any standards that can used used to specify these sizes
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 26 12:40:59 EDT 2001 | stefwitt
I would like to enter the discussion by tossing some numbers in. First of all I don�t like the 3 Sigma value. 3 Sigma are 2000 defects per mio. if I remember correctly. This means, if you have 200 components on the board, then every 10 boards have on
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 15 11:08:45 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| I am looking for help on doing smt equipment qualifications. I need to find some examples to follow. The equipment to be qualified is a Stencil Machine, Pick and place machine, and Reflow oven. We manufacture medical devices so it has to be somewha
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 17:27:07 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello Dave, I can understand why you might not use the auto-correct function based on the time it takes to perform the operation. I question why there is an auto-correct function in the first place? If I understand the way this works correctly, the m
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 18 14:42:22 EST 1998 | Dave F
| I heard somewhere that SMEMA has joined IPC, and that the association has decided to boycott Nepcon from | year 2000. Can anyone tell me if this is true | Nick: SMEMA and IPC are talking about merging (EP&P, 11/98, p 18). Below is a news release
