Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 15:23:25 EST 2016 | dyoungquist
You can buy an awful lot of stencils for $200K but where/how are you going to store all of those stencils? There is a certain $$$ value to all the space it will take to store them. I have been told by a Mycronic salesman that they are working on qu
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 25 06:38:47 EDT 2016 | buckcho
Hello, I have used KY and Parmi and I can give you my personal opinion on these two machines. Pluses for Parmi: 1.Extremely fast - for me faster than KY. 2.More simplified than KY; 3.Simpler calibration that KY; Pluses for KY: 1.Superior 3D viewing,
Electronics Forum | Tue May 17 18:00:47 EDT 2016 | rx8pilot
I spoke with a very pleasant gentleman at Automation Technical Services. We were able to determine that my feeders are not the modified versions that are capable of 2mm pitch. They are only capable of 4mm. They offer a feeder that is the same basic h
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 01 11:02:57 EDT 2016 | claudea2
I have 3 used Quad 4Cs and the nozzle changer on one machine never worked. I decided to troubleshoot it this week. I repaired the changer by changing a defective optical sensor but I still get error 17 when I try a run-step nozzle 1, 2 or 3. Error 17
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 02 22:40:13 EDT 2016 | slouis2014
Hi, yes have a few experiments initially i tried to increase the solder volume but component pin have insufficient solder. 1. The solder coverage do you calculate it by solder volume or solder area. 2. if i would achieve as you recommend 50-60 % woul
Electronics Forum | Wed May 31 20:19:21 EDT 2017 | juliefarrell
Hi Chris, My name is Julie Farrell. I actually work for ICAPE! I am located in Kokomo, IN. I would love to tell you more about our company and how we can help you. That we are a top PCB provider in China. We have 35 manufacturing partners in China.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 14 10:19:56 EST 2016 | jaktechie
Hello, I am new to this forum but I have a question. We use an Orbotech Discovery Ultra to inspect our photo-tools. We currently use this lint free paper as a contrast material underneath the phototool since the vacuum bed on the AOI is black and ou
Electronics Forum | Tue May 01 20:40:38 EDT 2018 | sarason
In the past I have worked on 600 Amp FET Blocks. The rule was no voids. The circuit board would be heavy copper. 4 times normal plating time. Not particularly high resolution on the board say 20 mils. To help with the heavy plating. The boards were t
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 15 13:35:40 EDT 2017 | scotceltic
I have a double sided PCBA setup. I have MSL components on both assembly sides. When I run Assy Side one I am within the allotted hours remaining on the MSL component. I then wait 40 hours before running 2nd Assy side. By then the hours on the 1s
Electronics Forum | Mon May 22 11:29:45 EDT 2017 | rbickle
Hey all, We are a small electronics manufacturing company who has been using the solder reflow process for years, but we have been hand placing components. We only run the system 2-3 days per week. I have been looking at buying a used pick and pla