Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 11:14:22 EST 2007 | taintedone
I am currently looking at selective solder machines. The two that i have looked at are the KIss 104 and the APS Novastar SP A400. Both machines are in the price range i need to be in. There are very different from each other as far as how they do the
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 02 17:57:59 EDT 2012 | hegemon
We have 2 ACE machines running 2 shifts per day, 6 days a week. Maintenance costs have been minimal. Performance very consistent. Great machines for the $$. Certainly not complex. Hence the K.I.S.S. logo. I don't have any experience with the "big
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 23 18:59:14 EST 2021 | kumarb
Hi. To add to your homework... 1) RPS are from the former team that developed the ACE KISS product line. 2) From brief chats, NORDSON is still building the last versions of the ACE KISS designs while RPS has continued to advance the tool. 3) Anoth
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 17:22:03 EDT 2008 | mikesewell
On an ACE KISS machine we could program a drop in Z height to give a peel off angle after the component was soldered. Usually not necessary as the solder at the nozzle is falling away from the lead down the nozzle. If possible, we would program a fr
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 22 14:52:47 EDT 2022 | tpratt
Not a problem, it forced me to put on my big boy pants and figure it out for myself. I felt pretty dumb when I realized what I had missed. If you have any custom procedures made up for maintaining the solder pumps and pot that would be great. I'm n
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 20 23:04:10 EST 2007 | wim
I am currently looking at selective solder > machines. The two that i have looked at are the > KIss 104 and the APS Novastar SP A400. Both > machines are in the price range i need to be in. > There are very different from each other as far > as
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 09:26:08 EST 2012 | proceng1
I've got four KISS 103s. If you keep up with the pump cleaning and especially keep your nozzles clean on the Lead Free, they are great. The only downside with them is that they are West Coast and we are East Coast, so if I have an issue first thing
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 21:49:20 EDT 2020 | kylehunter
> Not in our case, the pre-heat temp was not high > enough. Also our pre-heat is only from top > (KISS104). Ahh that makes total sense. We have bottom IR, and have thermocoupled at 100c, so I think we should be good on that end. Anoth
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 27 12:53:38 EST 2019 | rgduval
yeah...I never had airflow volume problems with Hellers. When I had to build the system I was referring to, we had an old Speedline oven, and the way it was configured if you didn't provide enough airflow to the outer cavity, the blowers would overh
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 21 16:30:47 EDT 2012 | grauen06
We are currently using an ACE K.I.S.S. 104. We used SN100 solder with AIM NC265 flux (no clean, alcohol-based). Also, we use topside preheat at 100 degrees C and a 6mm nozzle (as big as we can go with this application). The PCB has a matte finish as
