Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 11 10:56:34 EST 2008 | kmorris
We all know that Engineers are human and consequently may make errors when creating pick and place programs. (e.g. program a wrong part number for a given reference designator) Usually that is easy to detect since the wrong component is a differnt p
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 22 15:54:10 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel
Stephen good observation It�s a spelling error it should be �more� instead of less. Like Dave said �[Too bad they can't afford a spell checker, eh?]� Technically correct is all equipment requiring a power source of more than 1000V AC or 1500V DC ar
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 23 15:33:34 EST 2008 | vance66
I am looking to scan small 2D barcodes in-line while the circuit board is on a conveyor. Currently an operator is picking board up off the conveyor to scan them. We want something that is fixed and does not need to much manual alignment from changeo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 30 15:42:14 EST 2008 | mmjm_1099
Hello all, Got a new XP242 in house and noticed the vision system is way different than the QP341 we have in house. I am looking for someone to network with in regards to any questions I may have in regards to the XP242. I have talked to Fuji and the
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 13 12:44:05 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Larry, from my days of working for a Telecom. company, Bellcore standards (now Telcordia) was our BGA Void guideline. There was some verbiage in the guideline that accounted for allowable VOID VOLUME ...keep in mind, VOID AREA and volume are 2 diffe
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 09:39:21 EST 2008 | swag
We do like Chunks says only a little bit different. Our stencil supplier e-mails us a "confirmation PDF" before processing any order. If it's a simple board, I just make sure all the apertures are there by comparing to board. If it's got a ton of
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 08:49:34 EST 2008 | rgduval
Get the ionic specs from your flux manufacturer, and show it to the designer. No-clean flux/solder is supposed to be low to minimal in ionic contamination, which allow the whole no-clean thing. If he needs further proof, you can have the board io
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 25 17:01:38 EST 2008 | slthomas
In that case the same tools can apply, just different implementation. We might use any a number of visual aids for an assembly, one for each component type (resisors, capacitors, ICs, etc.). In the case you're describing we might color code the lo
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 03 23:39:04 EST 2008 | gdzuber
There are different options for de-paneling routers. There are two basic types, in-line and stand-alone. Do you need in-line for high volume? The stand-alone systems have manual insertion trays, one or two trays. Also, after de-paneling or laser ma
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 05 17:03:36 EST 2008 | ratsalad
We had the misfortune of ending up with a batch of Kester EM907 that would start to "set up" well before it's shelf life was over. Since the lead time for a new batch was excessive, a Kester technical guru came to our facility to help us deal with t
