Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 11 09:47:16 EST 2005 | emeto
Hello all, Would you please tell me what is the approximate price for AOI machine? At least for the most popular AOI's. Do you think each production needs AOI? Is it really decreasing the failures a lot? Thank you in advance.
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 11 22:13:04 EST 2005 | fastek
AOI does nothing to decrease the failures. It only helps to spot them. Fix your problems and you won't need an AOI.
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 12 10:14:48 EST 2005 | emeto
Thanks for your answers. What I am thinking is after reflow AOI doesn't make sense. May be it is helpful only before that - show you the problems , may be repair station or something like that. What do you think about that?
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 12 23:50:47 EST 2005 | fastek
Marcus- I guess I'm too old school. When I was involved in manufacturing there wasn't any AOI and we got along fine for years without it, (like everyone else). But I can certainly see the benefits of it if you have highly complex boards that are jus
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 11 11:58:55 EST 2005 | pjc
About $60K for a good bench-top unit and $120K for a good in-line. AOI is justified if you are spending a lot of time ($$) visually inspecting your boards. AOI machine is faster and more reliable than a human for this task. Plus, visual inspectors d
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 12 08:28:01 EST 2005 | Marcus
Fixing your problems needs to be based on hard data. But hard data is difficult to get from humans. They intend to see (and repair) what they e.g. understood best or what is easy to justify. This effect can be eliminated with an AOI. If programmed ri
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 13 23:30:59 EST 2005 | VS
After reflow AOI makes sense because it has the highest coverage of the defects. Problems like tombstone, lifted pins, open solder joints, some shorts and insufficient solder you will not find before oven. I would also not agree with the statement th
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 14 06:37:30 EDT 2006 | Sasha
What can be the price of Topaz-XII (new machine, standard configuration, without feeders)?
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 14 18:12:09 EDT 2006 | Cmiller
I think she means, "whats the real price". Good luck finding out. You should be able to get a "discount" of 40% or more from what they would have charged you if you did not know better.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 30 11:00:19 EDT 1998 | Matt Harding
I have some potential unused SMT equipment which may be candidates for sale. Any input regarding the value or expected going rate would be appreciated. CONDITION: E - Excellent Condition F - Fair Condition G - Good Condition Equipment List: BRAND
