Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 17:25:47 EDT 2003 | wintech
I'm considering the Panasonic Soft Beam for soldering through hole parts, How well do they work ? , How much time does it take to solder 400 solder points ? Thanks, Steve
Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 18:08:10 EDT 2003 | kent_peterson
Steve, I onlyworked on the soft beam for a few months. With a good operator it ran good. The biggest problem i saw was the solder would break. The operators would try adjusting and end up moving the solder point. We had two machine back to back one r
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 12 09:25:56 EST 2001 | druzba
We do have in stock a pair of Panasonic Soft Beam Selective solder systems which use light to solder. They are practically brand new and seem to be ideal for applications where one or a few connections need to be soldered. They are even pass thru m
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 05 09:26:08 EDT 2002 | stevel
Hello, everyone. We are checking a Panasonic Soft Beam machine. Did any one has expenience on Panasonic's softbeam machine - soldering performance, solder speed, easy to access? Anything would helpful. Appreciate your help.
Electronics Forum | Sun May 23 07:13:56 EDT 1999 | Scott Cook
| Has anyone had any experience or data using vibration during the reflow process. | We introduced a vibration device attached to the fixed rail on a Vitronics reflow oven. The reason was to prevent skewing on large PLCC devices. The process worked v
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 12:46:50 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Rob is right, you do need to dispense paste or pre-forms when using a laser. Although the Panasonic Soft Beam has a wire despenser. I've seen laser soldering and it does work on smaller stuff. Doesn't work well on connectors even after preheating.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 21 14:29:25 EDT 2003 | Claude_Couture
What's a Panasonic Soft Beam? What does it do?
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 05 13:01:26 EDT 2002 | Hussman69
Sure do. Spent a couple months with that group last winter trying to get the Soft Beam to solder a small connector board. It really depends on what you are trying to solder. The Soft Beam couldn't handle my job because our board was too small. No
Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 16:06:49 EDT 2001 | Charlie
How to solder one zero ohm 0805 resistor to a PCB after it is mounted in it's plastic. The Panasonic "Soft Beam" would do it if money were not a factor. Is there a similar type of soldering station out there that may just bolt to an existing conveyor
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 31 12:51:52 EST 1999 | Wayne Bracy
Check out Panasonic FA (Soft Beam) think they might be able to provide you with additional information. Just my two cents.
