Electronics Forum | Tue May 22 10:49:34 EDT 2012 | cyber_wolf
Grid-lok or Quick-Tool work extremely well. There's no putting stuff together. You drop them in and go. Problem with templates is that you need to update them with rev changes. If you run hundreds of jobs this can become a nightmare.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 06 16:58:45 EST 2020 | cbeneat
I would recommend quik-tool. Jim Bernhard essentally the inventor of Grid lok left when they went to DEK. Started quik-tool, we use grid-lok in our printers, quik-tool in our Panasonic P&P instead of support pins. Like quik-tool alot more. JBernhard@
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 05 16:26:53 EDT 2006 | Bill
Thinking about this auto-mode on Grid-Lok..... Ok, the board is warped, lets say positively, the pins conform to the warped board... what about the effect on top side and squeegee pressure? It will be much higher and could damage stencils, right? Pos
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 18 09:52:36 EDT 2005 | pjc
FormFlex and the GridLok system will not work on a semi-automatic printer. They were designed for fully automatic machines. The print table is very shallow on the DEK 248, SMTechs and MPM SPM, UP100 and MicroFlex. DEK should have magnetic base suppor
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 19 09:34:08 EDT 2001 | jschake
Both FormFlex and Grid-lok tooling systems are marketed as compliant tooling systems. Both are able to conform to the variations of the topography on the bottomside of a substrate to provide full support during printing of 2nd side assembly. The ba
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 16 19:19:55 EDT 2011 | rsikora
I had a look at the Ekra printer at a local industry show last year. It seems to be a solid machine. Their current customers that I visited were extremely satisfied w/ the machine and with Ekra's technical support (Location = In the USA). The pcb
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 30 12:41:47 EDT 2001 | hinerman
1. Realizing not all PCBs will be warped, but for those that are, the tooling can be set when the board is in contact with the stencil, which will take out some warp. On an MPM, the vacuum box helps to hold the board flat If the warp is more sever
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 15:29:45 EDT 2001 | hinerman
Research was done into the deflection of a totally unsupported (topside) PCB of 0.050" thickness. A dial indicator was placed on the surface and the tooling was set. The deflection ranged from 0.005" to 0.007". This is minor when you consider th
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 31 19:40:22 EDT 2006 | cardinal
A couple things on the Grid-Lok system. They now offer a top-side edge clamping system. The edge clamping system works very well for warped, twisted boards etc.. Using this system in the auto mode also allows the pins to contour to the geography of
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 03 12:13:59 EDT 2001 | hinerman
T.A. board lok is fixed tooling. I have not used it, and therefore cannot comment on it. Their website describes it in detail for those interested. -The Grid-Lok system is completely pnuematic -Each pin locks individually via mechanical lock -Each
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