Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 10 15:55:19 EST 2021 | ttheis
We just use a ramp to a cart and the line operator loads them into trays as they come out. There are buffer conveyors or magazine loaders you could use. Or do a little industrial automation with a plc and proximity sensors; combine a ramp and a belt
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 16 16:05:59 EDT 2000 | CAL
Brian- IPC has SMEMA Down loads for communication protocal: http://www.ipc.org/html/fsresources.htm. Also, I interfaced a fuji CP6 with a Siemens s20 and had to put in a relay and sensor to complete the communications loop. Fuji uses a 24v on/off com
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 15 12:07:55 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Hi Jason First, I would not use real parts to test. Second talk to your cardboard box supplier they should be able to advise you on this, they should have the test results from the box capacities they sell to start with. Are you using this tote bo
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 18 10:58:43 EDT 2001 | CAL
We use Arlink for our portable SMT work surface. http://www.arlink.com. Now for question number 2: "Are portable SMT workbenches out there with stencil storage? " I hope you are referring to frameless stencils or even better Micro Stencils- A hollow
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 09 14:42:08 EST 2001 | vickt
Great advice!........Single tier feeder set-up carts are also available through Universal instruments directly for this exact purpose. Most people who really care about this changeover time have "pit-crews" that work in the component storage areas, o
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 16:25:26 EDT 2001 | meowen
Unfortunately 95% of our runs require both sides of our Universal HSP's. We also have carts that hold one carriage worth of feeders on each side. Parts that carry over from one product to the next are flagged and relocated in the machine per the ne
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 21 12:06:47 EST 2008 | sliebl
As others have said, Bliss racks are not cheap, but they sure are nice. We are a small single shift shop, but we have 4 of their carts. Two for stencils and two for feeders. Even fully loaded these roll very nicely if you need to get them out of the
Electronics Forum | Mon May 10 14:52:32 EDT 1999 | C.K.
| | | I left the company before this thing ever got resolved, so I don't know the answer, but here's what we did to get boards out the door. Baked them in a desicating oven. You know, the kind that pulls vacuum? It was a regular overnight process
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 03 01:26:06 EDT 2021 | deanm
This may seem off the wall but I've seen it work in the past. It is a visual management system without the need for barcodes or spreadsheets. Obtain quantities of different colored clothespins. When a reel is taken out of inventory, attach a colored
Electronics Forum | Tue May 11 06:30:41 EDT 1999 | Joe Byrde
| | | | | | | | | | | I left the company before this thing ever got resolved, so I don't know the answer, but here's what we did to get boards out the door. Baked them in a desicating oven. You know, the kind that pulls vacuum? It was a regular
