Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 07 01:35:22 EDT 1998 | Franco Dav�
| Our company is currently looking to implement a SMT production line. What I am looking for is feedback on people's experiences with various machines. | Here's what we are in the market for: | Low/Mid volume 3,000+cph machine that can handle high j
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 17 09:04:19 EST 2003 | Kev
Not a europlacer user, but on our Philips Gem, we use a gripper nozzle for the upright molex conn. We found that using a standard vac nozzle negated both the speed of travel from feeder to PCB and the placement accuracy, as the connector moved on the
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 05 08:45:30 EDT 2004 | vinitverma
Hi Adrian, You need the UFOS program. If you send me the cad data, and the BOM, and the board layout, I can make a sample program for you to check. However the program shall not be optimized and the head nos., feeder nos., and the vision files will
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 02 16:51:32 EST 2006 | fasst1
Greg, FYI, the concept of the Comet is that 1/2 of the board is populated on each table. This is in an effort to reduce the total transfer time hit per board. The on machine optimizer should be able to handle the split of the program. If you need
Electronics Forum | Wed May 23 14:54:50 EDT 2007 | andras
Not at all Jon. I have been using my CSM66 for 2 years and I think it is a very stable and abiding machine. It can place 0603 and 0.65mm pitch SSOP without any problem at 3000-3600cph. Easily and cheaply maintainable, so good choice for a "garage-wor
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 17:59:09 EDT 2007 | slthomas
Well, she's been puttin' on a little weight lately, so I thought I was doing her a favor. Actually it really was a safety issue somewhat due to our own ignorance of the AC power requirements of the belt and vibe feeders. New machine to us, and a fe
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 28 16:15:17 EST 2007 | jmelson
One more concern is "consumables" like nozzles, chuck jaws, etc. On some machines these parts wear rapidly and need frequent replacement, or are very easily damaged and need replacement after even the most minor crashes like a dropped component layi
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 17:33:54 EDT 2008 | pima
so what period of times are you loosing for changeover? is it half of hour? more or less? because I think that should also be a useful indicator, how much time does it take to switch to different product if we are using panasonic,universal,fuji,phili
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 23 15:27:17 EDT 2008 | slthomas
You'd still have to change all of the part library references, make up new ones for new parts, enter feeder sizes, etc. More trouble than it's worth, once you know how to use the software and prep your cad data to be compatible with it. There are lo
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 21:29:59 EDT 2007 | darby
Component. Press edit on the desired feeder #, let's say 1. The left and right arrow keys will toggle the feeder type eg 8mm, 12mm etc. Press enter The cursor will now shift to the Set No field. Enter the Set No using the numerals on the keypad. To
