Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 08 17:31:15 EDT 2010 | whitewing
For protos and very short runs I already use a polyester stencil + pizza oven process which is fine except for the placement time and tedium. I'm partly trying to bridge the gap between that and stuff that needs subbing out due to quantity, and partl
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 06 12:36:37 EDT 2010 | ooskii
dman97, There is a calibration procedure. It is fairly straight forward and will take about 30 minutes. When you reset you machine both of the squeegee mounting blocks/fixtures should be level with each other. Just slide you finger over the fron
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 07 22:38:25 EDT 2010 | aqueous
As with so many things, some brands work very well on high density, low profile assemblies and some do not. Because my company manufactures these machines, I don't want to use this forum as an advertisement so I will recommend the following: 1. Sen
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 03:13:00 EDT 2010 | grahamcooper22
In HASL pcb coating you need to fully coat the pads with solder and then blow off any excess solder to leave a nice coating on each pad. Generally pcb manufacturers try to give you a flat pcb pad to make your solder paste printing more consistent. To
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 20 07:59:34 EDT 2010 | gallionc
After 16 years in the industry, I have honestly never heard of putting wax in a solder pot. Anyway, I do have some experience with Treiber wave solder machines, and as I recall, the air-driven pumps are a nightmare to service. First of all, make su
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 13:12:58 EST 2011 | methos1979
Has anyone had any luck programming using the side cameras to inspect for defects on the sides of chip components? We recently had an escape of a damaged chip capacitor that was impossible to see from the top camera but was clearly visible with the
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 15:06:32 EST 2010 | rway
I would go with AOI. Reasons are: --AOIs are faster --They have more coverage. Given, you cannot test the value of components, but the AOI will ensure that all resistors are correct, orientation of ICs are proper and components are present on the
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 04 09:27:25 EDT 2011 | rway
Software, software, software. It always seems to be related to any hardware issues we experience with our systems. Can you expound on "crash?" How does the software crash, what are the symptoms. Does it just lock up and become unresponsive, camer
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 04 13:36:22 EST 2011 | rodrigo
Hi all, Why doesn't the ATT teach all the same part numbers some times? The PCB I'm working with has several resistors 0805. I place the footprint over the part and sometimes it goes to all resistor of the same part number. But then I teach another
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 07 18:12:56 EST 2011 | eadthem
I do not know what software version you have, but on older versions it is best to have a mounting inspector set to be the primary and then mask out all labels and solder so it just locates the part. Then add another mounting inspector for looking at
