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New Pick and Place Operation

Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 28 07:28:25 EST 2006 | Rob C

I would have to disagree on this. My experience is that you should never justify capital expediture based on just the obvious up front costs alone. There is no mention of risk of recall, warranty costs, scrap costs,and so on. Which you may get from a

Fuji CP6-4000

Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 14 18:32:39 EST 2007 | kroberson

What machines have you worked with previously? Depending on the programming software used, CP6 can be relativly easy to program. CP6 has been a workhorse in the industry for a long time. One the process is set up, maintain the machines acording t

seeking better process

Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 31 14:38:24 EST 2001 | scott

JAX Is right. ROI. How much will it cost to subcontract your assembly for the next 3 years vs. buying your own equipment AND staffing (ie: Process Eng, Maintenance, Skilled operators, etc.). Then, ask how much will it cost you to buy new equipment

Re: It happens sooner or later

Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 24 18:24:46 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory

> Enjoy knocking you as well (just joking) rather get onto Steve and Justin! >> Wayne HEY!! Wud I do? Jes 'cause I tried to scam a few Fosters and a shooter or two of Rumpleminz (nectar of the gods by the way, right next to Jaegermeister) don't make

Re: Selective Soldering

Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 15 08:49:09 EDT 1998 | Chrys

| Gentlemen, | Can anyone provide information on selective soldering systems that compete with Ersa's VersaFlow? Does anyone have experience with this machine or other machines of this nature? | My company is considering acquiring to increase techn

Contract Manufacturing in INDIA

Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 10 06:38:25 EDT 2002 | jojojameson

Dear Freinds, We are having 18000 sqfeet airconditioned space for pcb contract manufacturing.We had chipschooters,through hole machines & fine pitch placement machines with international standard.In addtion we had clean rooms & wire bond facilities.W

Is Anyone?

Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 13:16:35 EDT 2002 | Claude_Couture

We are drifting deeper into market philosophy... Yes, capitalism is the motor to a healty market economy. "Running to catch up on the latest gadgets even if my 10 year old cell phone is still working fine and fills all my needs" cannot be sustained.

Pb-Free Wave Solder Advice

Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 27 23:50:26 EST 2007 | KEN

Hi James. I do not work in sales. I am a ME in CM....for over 18 years. If you do not have resources to evaluate wave machines should we assume you have limited support resources for your current machines? IF this is the case buying an entry level

Business Survey

Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 07 12:42:19 EST 2009 | dyoungquist

We are a small (18 employees) OEM company who also provides EMS to other local companies in our area. Q3-Q4 2008 we did see a small downturn in our OEM sales. Our EMS side actually stayed pretty flat over that same period. Like rob, we have a high

Researching placement machines - where do I start?!

Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 16 19:23:04 EST 2009 | jeffreyj

Whether the Juki is a great machine or not is irrelevant as we just can't justify the "starting from" price of $87k (€58k). So, thanks for the suggestion, but we're trying to keep this under $20k and given that sort of budget we could either buy a cr


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