Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 12 15:06:45 EDT 1998 | Marcos Silva
| You can prepare your setup off line, using additional tables, and exchange very fast just sending the new program and checking using a barcode reader. Also you can edit a setup program with mixed feeders between PCB families. You can decrease your
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 13 09:36:46 EDT 1998 | RNLM
| Is cost an issue? I evaluated Siemens Siplace about a year ago and the price per placement was twice what Phillips Machinery has to offer. We too are a high mix/low PCb count shop. Also, Siemens has many hidden costs and the references I talked
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 12 01:17:52 EDT 1998 | Erhard
Are you using extra feeder tables that you can setup off line and than just exchange for the ones you had in the machines for the previous batch? This way the Siplace should not be too bad. Otherwise for fast change and low volume you might look at m