Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 11:20:56 EST 2008 | wayne123
I am unfamiliar with the Philips Saphire. I am needing to know if the feeders That work on our Topaz and Emerald will also work on a Saphire. I assume that they would just because the feeders are being sold as "Gem" feeders. In addition, Is anyone a
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 21 05:28:37 EDT 2014 | rob
Hi Emanuel, Chingyi do quite a wide selection of rubber tipped nozzles http://www.chingyi.com.sg/solutions_smt.php If you are in Europe, then Wilfred @ Europe-SMT knows these machines better than most: http://www.europe-smt.com/ Our personal favo
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 03:40:02 EDT 2019 | robl
Hi Janet, You could pick up an Emerald very cheaply these days, which is very similar except has 2 heads and can go to 15-17mm high. May be cheaper than trying to modify a topaz & vision system. Same software, feeders etc.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 24 08:05:21 EDT 2021 | vinitverma
That's the correct way when optimizing a new program or with less part numbers. But when reoptimizing a running program, it may not be so convenient to change all feeder numbers to '0'. Here is where changing the position to 'Relative' helps without
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 30 05:16:04 EDT 2021 | compit
Ok i did this: when optimizing PCBs, you can add "fixed PCB" - the machine treats this PCB as the one for which the feeders have reserved space. I enter places in such a PCB that are to be omitted during the allocation. It works very well - selected
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 15 21:20:18 EDT 2024 | compit
Check out Yamaha - also old. A large number of parts (the same machines under the Assembleon, Philips brand), cheap feeders, many parts suppliers. Models from 2 to 16 heads, e.g. Emerald-X can accommodate 84 INDEPENDENT 8 mm feeders.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 06:33:10 EDT 1998 | Odyssey
I am interested to buy some Yamaha feeders! 8mm, 16mm and 24mm for Hyper series YM-84II. Can You help? | The thread on GSM's inspired this: We have a tough time making the trade-off on GSM's work. The next option we like is the Philips (Yamaha) Em
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 08 21:01:23 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| In our continued search for another flex machine, we reconsidered Philips | Emerald (low Vol/high mix Mfg). We already have a CSM so it makes a little sense. Then the salesman started talking about the Topaz. The Topaz supposedly is "practically th
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 17:58:11 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | HI EVERYONE, | | | WE JUST BOUGHT 6 FCM MACHINES AND ARE HAVING | | | A NUMERIOUS AMOUNT OF DOWN TIME COMPARED TO | | | OUR 5 LINES OF FUJI EQUIPMENT.IS ANYONE HAVING | | | BAD EXPERIENCE WITH PHILIPS FCM ETC? | | | | | | WHAT PROBLEMS ARE
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 12 10:18:50 EDT 1998 | smd
| | | | In our continued search for another flex machine, we reconsidered Philips | | | Emerald (low Vol/high mix Mfg). We already have a CSM so it makes a little sense. Then the salesman started talking about the Topaz. The Topaz supposedly is "pra