Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 19 10:33:46 EST 2021 | tamasmagyar
Hi Processman, I would say that 92% is realistic if you have low mix - high volume manufacturing. In this case, the only reason for the machines to stop is to: - change reel (on ASM machines you can splice them together, so theoretically with ASM
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 12 16:55:19 EDT 2006 | realchunks
This type of testing is only done to verify your reflow process. It is destructive testing and should not be performed on product reaching your customer. Solder is only used to provide the electrical connection from part to board. As a metal it is
Electronics Forum | Fri May 04 11:42:48 EDT 2012 | scottjwarren
Greetings! I run a small CM company in the Midwest. We built our business on THT production for the boutique music products industry and are currently planning our launch of a low-volume/high-mix SMT line to support the growth of our business. Our
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 22 20:11:59 EST 2006 | slthomas
*Qualify* your equipment by running X boards, Y times, through each piece of equipment under normal operating conditions and quantifying the performance, as in a ppm rating. Then validate your process by defining all of the steps you use to generate
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 11 22:11:23 EDT 2001 | davef
Have three or four contact assemblers quote your product. That becomes the "put-up or shut-up" number for your in-house assembly operation.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 04 09:13:15 EDT 2002 | jseagle
They are also supposed to be good for placement machines. I saw them at APEX and plan to get some for my placement machines. James
Electronics Forum | Fri May 26 08:37:07 EDT 2006 | sant
Hi Kindly have a look into the SAKI's benchtop system. I have not used it.But seen the demo. Different technology.Pretty fast and accurate. Definitley would go with them , when we plan. I would also ask others, if they can provide their opinion on
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 05 12:23:31 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello Phil, We did use an Oracle relational database with an Access front end to input and query data from the system for reports. We did not perform SPC with the Oracle dB. As the whole data collection process was completely customized, we hadn't im
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 19 12:00:07 EDT 2003 | modeltech
I am completely new to SMT design and for my next project I plan to use SMT for the first time. Since production volumes of the PCB's will be low, hand soldering is definitely an option, and will be necessary for my prototype PCB assembly. My proble
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 05 21:07:09 EDT 2012 | davef
Probably they had a problem with a certain product, tried baking, the problem went away and ever since there stuck with this money loosing process. So, ... * Write up a plan to split a couple of batches, bake a portion of each batch, don't bake the o