Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 08 10:00:58 EDT 1998 | John Ryder
Mike, Check out the Philips website at www.philips-ia.com and look at the FCM and the GEM Sapphire. The Sanyo/Universal is a fine chipshooter, but the Philips FCM is unmatched in pure speed, cost per placement and cost per square foot. If the Sanyo/U
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 18:45:11 EDT 1998 | Steve Evers
| We are looking at implimenting a bar code system for a SMT | production line. To start we are looking at label printer/applicators. Are there any other companies that we should consider besides Zebra and Imtec?? Thanks for your input. | John If
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 08:21:56 EST 2002 | jax
Armin, The obvious disadvantages for an in-line printer is initial cost and flexibility for smaller shops that depnd on high mix, low volume batch builds from their printer to support multiple projects at the same time. The advantage is quality a
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 08:48:01 EST 2002 | wen1555
Payback can be calculated in many ways. The main issue is what revenue/margin you can secure from the investment. You need to decide the period in which the equipment will depreciate, I would suggest 5 years max. Obviously devide the total cost by 5
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 03:45:54 EDT 2002 | robbied
The Flextac micro stencils I mentioned are not metal, but rather laser cut polymer, so not as easily damaged. As for cost, Even if you only re-use them 5 times and not the 10 that another company I know does, they only cost around �36 for a pack of t
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 23 08:42:25 EDT 2002 | bdoyle
I have performed many insourcing vs. outsourcing analyses. The following are the key issues that are normally evaluated: Cycle time requirements for product development and manufacturing Cost of manufacturing (in-house vs. subcontracted) Inve
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 23 16:48:23 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi "If a PCB board is scrapped because it contains faults that cannot be repaired or it has been damaged, we currently quarantine them for a period of time. Once this period of time has passed the boards are then disposed." Sounds Good, Usually thi
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 07 16:42:49 EDT 2003 | jax
You will not see any reduction in quality. Some of the only reasons to hold off on converting to SMD packaging is Cost and availability. The cost normally runs about 30% more and the lead times are about 2 times as long for SMD. For that reason you w
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 29 18:13:20 EDT 2003 | lysik
Good points Ken But the reality of the matter is that we are selling off some fuji equipment that even though it is 1994/1995 still has a sale value of 45-65K Each. I am replacing it with faster systems with 0201 specs. With the margins so razor thin
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 06 00:36:32 EDT 2005 | vinitverma
Hi, Well said Grant! I guess this margin on the component procurement is the largest contributor in the overall margin for big EMS companies who have global component sourcing and hence very competitive pricing for the same! As regards conversion co
