Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 30 10:32:46 EDT 2001 | hinerman
There are three types of tooling, on a continuous scale a. Manual b. Semi-Automatic c. Automatic An example of a manual system is magnetic pins or a setup where pins drop into a fixed grid. Semiauto would be a system that automatically sets the t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 08 16:12:57 EST 2019 | cbeneat
We are using material control, and our auto support pins are from Quik Tool. They integrated there modules into our machines, we're happy with it. Not using auto changeover as far as I know, I stick to the maintenance side. We have a programmer that
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 | Mon Feb 20 17:56:46 EST 2006 | Chris
If you are running FR4 PCBs and not something exotic like Kapton flex circuits, I would go with the Dek 265 any day of the week. You will find that Dek supports the fully automatic printer much better than the semiautomatic printers like the 260, 24
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 19:16:03 EST 2004 | pjc
Dedicated tooling uses what MPM calls an "H" tower. You mount the board support plate (dedicated tooling) on top of the H tower. If boards are only single-sided SMT, meaning only components on one side, the board support plate is flat with vacuum hol
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 28 01:17:57 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| SMT-ers | | I notice that most suppliers provide data that is eye-catching but avoid providing data of significant technical relevance, such as Cp and Cpk. It would perhaps be a wise idea for standards to be formulated in this area. | For
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