Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 06 10:04:53 EST 1999 | Michael Bryant
Bill, Thanks for the tip. There was an error in the printer friendly page for forum postings. We have repaired the formatting problem, so it will retain all of the paragraphs and indents that the original message contains. If you have other observat
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 04 09:42:18 EST 1999 | Chris McDonald
Just as explained in a follow-up you are getting too much paste on the pad. The pad is probably the right size but you cant have your aperature the same size as your pad. What we have done is put a Cross in the stencil. This will reduce the paste and
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 07 22:05:19 EST 1999 | sin
Added to MARK suggestion, you should verify you xy table height also by using the meter listed in the maintenace manual. If everything is fine, then i suggest you should check the placement air kisses( can suck your component back up or release to q
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 08 23:53:35 EST 1999 | Mike Eskridge
Yes, there are several conveyor companies that make a conversion box for SMP1 to SMEMA and SMEMA to SMP1. Basically they are just to differant standards for cable conections between machines. SMEMA stands for Surface Mount Equipment Manufacturers Ass
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 01 15:35:35 EST 1999 | Keith Luke
I just wanted to post a note of thanks and appreciation to Dave F for his tireless work and support in contributing to the Electronics Forum. Dave, your insight and experience have been a big part of our success, and on behalf of the staff here at S
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 01 10:26:10 EST 1999 | Dick Casagrande
My company is in the process of determining whether to setup an in-house SMT line. We presently do thru hole assembly and subcontract SMT boards which are growing in number. The economics are not my main concern now. The intangibles, i.e., control, l
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 01 07:48:57 EST 1999 | Steve
Wolfgang, For most of our products, we use a 3-up panel. However for each PCB in this panel we will have a support problem beacuse of the components close to the edge. The framepiece you mentioned - is this something that would come from the PCB su
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 30 11:51:58 EST 1999 | g cronin
i have a large job that has quite a few stand-up axial resistors on it and i am looking for a way to prep them does anyone know of: - a service that does this type of preforming, - a fairly inexpensive machine capable of stand-up preforming please
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 30 17:00:26 EST 1999 | Dave F
Listed in the archive are suppliers of lead forming equipment. Most have equipment that can do the stand-ups you require. Yes you may be able to find this used. Yes you may be able to find someone with that machine near you who after you buy the t
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 01 06:05:33 EST 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Dave, yes messy, that�s the result of trying to use the newest chips available, getting the first shot (prototype chips) and building a couple of hundred boards and than detecting that the protos do not what they are supposed to do.As our market g
