Electronics Forum | Fri May 24 11:46:34 EDT 2002 | tmv
Lot's of good discussion in this string...but I think we've missed a few points. First off...turret machines are more than capable of handling the smaller component sizes (in fact, they are the best)...Machines like the SANYO TCM-3000 or Universal 47
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 13 11:56:38 EDT 2005 | PeteP
This string is near and dear to my heart and anyone who can simplify this process will be a hero. Our Production Lot Traveler started with the initial intent of being able to track lot splits (traceability) of jobs and who worked on them (accountabi
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 06 19:15:57 EST 2006 | Jerry Butters
The "marketing geniuses" of the world are now touting lead free ovens, lead free irons, and even lead free smocks, heel straps, and even G-Strings! Bottom line is - ya just gotta get it hotter, stupid! There's nothing "RoHS" about equipment besides
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 09 09:38:56 EST 2018 | dleeper
You want 1)Used 2)dirt cheap 3)no hassle. Item 3 is mutually exclusive to items 1 and 2... On a more serious note, both Juki and UIC make excellent equipment which is why there are so many dinosaurs still in the field. There are plenty of people in
Electronics Forum | Thu May 03 15:02:59 EDT 2018 | solderingpro
Bob Willis (was the first I knew of) that has a splatter test that can be performed over a ceramic hot plate or the like. The concept is pretty straight forward, using a zoned circle, users can introduce the solder wire at a consistent rate and coun
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 18 14:28:14 EDT 1999 | Scott Cook
| | Now don't everyone jump on this at once, but it seems time for me to send out copies of my not even close to being dated copy of an article about HASL. Though it was published in 1992, in Printed Circuit Fabrication Magazine, and it got rave revi
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 27 16:44:05 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| | Has anybody had experience wavesoldering 1 watt 2512 resistor packages?? I know it can be done, but are there reliability issues? | | | | We are in the middle of a new product and the question was posed to me "Can we use 2512 1 watt resistors o
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 29 13:28:34 EDT 1998 | Jojo
| | You should consider throwing in a bottle of Tylenol (they are going to need it) | | Ouch! That hurt. | I appreciate a good sense of humor, but I don't appreciate your UNQUALIFIED quip at my expense. Your comment could hurt my chances of findin
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 08 18:21:21 EDT 2019 | Aaron
I recently purchased a contact systems 3, and 3s, and 4 of their 3zs. they were all used in various states of working. supposedly one 3s and 3z were working when taken out of service and had sat for a few months. another 3z had a homing issues and th
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 20 14:51:47 EDT 1999 | Tony
| | | Yesterday as I was creating a profile on a plastic BGA using Conceptronics freedom 2000 rework station, I happend to discover that I was able to remove solder bridging from a plastic BGA. | | | | | | This is what I did. | | | | | | Created a