Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 23 07:40:17 EDT 2019 | spoiltforchoice
A fair price.... well its the feeders that retain value. I know if you were to sell an Essemtec distributor a machine with say 10 banks of CLM feeders that old, they would give you perhaps only £10k. Refurb CLM feeders are ~£3k gbp (or about 1/2 of n
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 28 16:34:34 EST 2020 | spoiltforchoice
I genuinely think component verifier on the machine is the optimum solution. Even then it can probably get caught out, we build some instrumentation that can have 10K 1%, 10K 0.1% and 10k 0.1% 2ppm, a verifier won't catch those getting mixed up,likew
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 08 05:37:43 EST 2018 | spoiltforchoice
Sparkfun users (professional hobbyists?) will have a totally different metric for what is acceptable compared to anyone who is doing this at a proper production level. Where I work I can at least empathise a little with the kind of business you might
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 18 10:07:02 EDT 2003 | caldon
There are a few directions to go from Here... 1) Outsource it to a CM, 2) Capital investment both have there issues. To Out source I would have processes in place to Inspect quality, resolve issues, Assure quaility, and Hope they can meet your deadli
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 09 09:18:09 EST 2009 | meritajs
I absolute agree with Adlsmt that your subcontractor was slipshod worker. It’s impossible for normal subcontractor make such fault. For last 15 years I worked for subcontractor firm here in Riga Latvia. Our company was not very advanced. As I said be
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 06 08:50:07 EST 2009 | jeffreyj
adlsmt - I do apply paste (Kester EP256) by hand to the boards now with 5 mil thick stainless steel stencils. A few of the parts almost always need rework, though, either because I didn't place them accurately or there's too much paste, or it got sme
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 19:38:33 EDT 2013 | jvadillo
Hi all! after hours of manual hand soldering and after spending thousands of euros subcontracting PCB assembly, we have decided to buy a fully automated pick&place machine. Our main assembly requirements are 0805/0603 for passives and TQFP-64
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 03 06:04:10 EST 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Manual placement aids are often very similar, I would suggest it is quite difficult to tell them all apart. Most of them include some kind of carousel for bins of loose parts and have the option of a few tape "feeders". If you are building small volu
Electronics Forum | Fri May 20 03:14:03 EDT 2016 | designhaus
Hello, We are about receive an 85.000 USD award grant towards purchasing manufacturing or testing equipment for our company. We are trying to figure out how to best use this grant. Here are short facts about us: We are a design house, so all our ma
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