Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 05 07:02:26 EDT 2022 | richardcargill
Possibly, yeah. Or the wrong sized nozzle ( or chipped or blocked ) We have problems occasionally with larger components and vacuum levels. If the component has a makers 'circular void' on the pick up surface then the actual pick coordinates have to
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 09 23:57:41 EST 1999 | Jeff Sanchez
Mike, A drag solder system is not so bad. If it's not discoloring the silk screen , damaging your parts or blistering your boards than it looks like a safe bet. I am not sure what other components you have on the boards besides the LED's? But the
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 03 13:04:04 EDT 2022 | proceng1
My initial thought is that the part is slightly delayed in releasing. When you are running one head, it doesn't matter. But when running multiple heads, the machine starts to move to the next placement before the part has fully released from the noz
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 03 20:28:10 EDT 2022 | cbeneat
We have been known to bring the break air to, and past .1 on the gauge. You have to be careful, as you increase the break air It can blow small parts that are close to any light, or send a part that it is trying to mount. So we always increase increm
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 12 08:32:44 EDT 2008 | pjc
Its actually a Seica machine. GenRad just labeled it. Teradyne/GenRad no longer supports the system. Go directly to Seica, http://www.seica.com , they are an Italian company with offices around the world. There is one in Nashua NH. Some 3rd party o
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 08 12:39:39 EST 2016 | deanm
We have a name brand aqueous batch cleaner that uses a chemical and DI water to clean ROL0 flux from our PCBs. It does ok most of the time for SMT boards and we want to include through hole assemblies as well which should be a better cleaning process
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 03 12:08:06 EDT 2016 | tnisbet
If the damaged / scratched area you're referring to is where to rollers ride, we have a repair kit that would save you some money. tom@goppm.com
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 14 17:21:31 EDT 2004 | russ
How old are these parts? Sn/Ni plating is very succeptable to age and everything else. They are possibly tarnished. Also, what is your peak temp in reflow? It takes about 225 230 C to get good wetting to the underlying nickel. Russ
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 28 09:34:21 EDT 2008 | cyber_wolf
Does anyone have a source to get IP3 parts cameras fixed ? Camera type is FH2048BNA
Electronics Forum | Wed May 02 11:22:19 EDT 2012 | aj
waste of time - get your materials manager to work on the smt floor for a week and see how ridiculous this approach is! saving pennies while adding time between setups, looking for parts and as you said issues with pickup etc....
