Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 06 09:01:40 EDT 2018 | robl
We use independant engineers to service our older kit - all with long service careers with the appropriate manufacturers. The manufacturers we deal with tend to have younger engineers who do not know older machines. There are exceptions, in that th
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 29 12:44:33 EDT 2018 | robl
Hi Reckless, If it's a Standard Phillips Sapphire then no, they are not a beginner machine. The feeders have to be spot on and the machine requires a much longer service as they have 2 sets of 12 heads. Spares will start becoming harder to get soon
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 30 03:02:03 EDT 2018 | robl
No issues with the OS, it is called VIOS. Good spares support from China, also should be good USA support as there are a fair few machines there. Assembleon has a website for USA spares, including a lot of the old Yamaha machines. Personally, I
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 30 12:03:32 EDT 2018 | cambriadj
It is always an enticing thing to watch high speed machines planting parts lickity split. We are a small shop doing experimental and short runs, and have been running our dear old Mydata TP9-2U for years. No repairs, never failed because we have alwa
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 07 09:31:48 EDT 2018 | sarason
Dear Forum members, I am happy to announce the completion of version 1.0.17.5 of PCBSynergy. The latest Update has a new file reader for Kicad V3 file format kicad_pcb. Also the previous 1.0.17.2 update Eagle XML BRD reading was added. The MRU stuf
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 17 09:37:41 EDT 2018 | sarason
The trick is to have the correct socket to place the IC into. Have the board permanently on the machine , place your IC run the attached programmer. pick up the IC and place back in the original or a new tray. Most SMT machines would be difficult to
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 26 11:24:41 EDT 2018 | applebar
We are a very small EMS that has been sued by a large OEM customer. We built a board, it passed the customer supplied tester, but we had accidentally put a wrong part on it. This was discovered years after we had been placing this part. The cust
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 28 12:44:11 EDT 2018 | dleeper
A few questions: How did you put the wrong part on for so many years and not catch it? Was this due to an error in the customer supplied data like an incorrect BoM or an internal error such as a P&P machine programming error? How wrong was the wron
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 14 16:18:48 EDT 2018 | dontfeedphils
A couple of things to try as I just went through this myself. Checkout this link for pointers on plasma cleaning... http://www.nordson.com/~/media/Files/Nordson/march/Papers/The-Effects-of-Plasma-Treatment-Prior-to-Conformal-Coating-NordsonMARCH.p
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 03 10:20:15 EDT 2018 | yannis
Our firm is SMT factory exclude design, components are selected by customers. We are going on a project by studying the solderability life of warranty at least 3 year for customers requirement. The theory is if the workmanship is good enough, then th
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