Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 08:36:09 EDT 2003 | caldon
NOPE I disagree. It all depends on the Rep Company you are useing. Just as with anything some are good and some are bad....and this industry is small enough that "whispering" goes on regardless of the product or services being supplied. Is there more
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 05 09:12:34 EDT 2003 | caldon
All of our PNP machine run on UPS back up. Though our machine controller is Dos and failry stable it is integrated with Windows NT who does not like to be prematurley shut down. We get a window of about 4 hours from the UPS. Remember this is just o
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 16:00:02 EDT 2003 | caldon
Yes you are correct Barry. The Suction tape provides a flat surface for the PNP nozzle to pick -up. In some cases I have seen a plastic "cap" ove rthe pins to provide the same thing. The cap can be reused. Both require, unfortunatly, manual removal
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 09:31:25 EDT 2003 | caldon
BMAN.........Consider yourself shot down. unfortunatly (for you) Mike and Ken are right on the mark. The root of your problem is the current system you have for stencil wash...Explain what Maintenance headaches you have. Many moons ago I had a Smar
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 10:55:37 EDT 2003 | caldon
Brad- The Spec can be downloaded free from IPC at http://www.smema.org/smema1.2.pdf (or IPC.org search for SMEMA Standards). As per Conveyor edge clearance should be .187" or 4.7mm. Regards, Cal Communications Test Design, Inc. www.ctdi.com
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 31 11:32:32 EST 2003 | caldon
Brian- I think you are correct. To place 0402 components Siemens usess a "Shim" under the carrier tape. 0402 components can be used with a standard 8mm feeder with the shim Cal Also, Steffan still works on a fair amount of Siemens products and chec
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 14 08:28:22 EST 2003 | caldon
Actually cleaning of PCB's may see a resurgence with the lead free movement. Higher temps and more aggresive fluxes might need to be clean depending on your board and process. In addition Wave soldering solder pots (in some cases machines) may have t
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 08 09:05:20 EST 2003 | caldon
Below is contact info for a recruiter with in the SMT/ Semi World. Please understand there are not many recruiters left that focus directly on SMT since the down turn. Your Best bet is to focus on specific companies and send them your info directly.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 29 10:15:27 EST 2004 | caldon
Hi Eric- Something I have been thining about trying are Pressurex indicators. Just type in Pressurex to get the info. http://www.sensorprod.com/pressurex.html Has a data sheet available for down load. I have not used this method/Theory but would like
Electronics Forum | Wed May 26 10:05:19 EDT 2004 | Cal
Good Point- If you are beginning a new evaluation of fluxes, make sure you consider an ultrasonic spray fluxing system. A fluxer from Sono Tek (www.sono-tek.com) can add valuable data to your wave solder process. regards. Cal *NOTE:I do not receiv
