Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 21 00:37:36 EDT 2020 | gabriel1blue
Has anyone been able to replace or upgrade the floppy drive for this old machines? I tried floppy drive emulator but have not been able to make it work. Floppy drive are old and have many problems anyway and would prefer to change it to something new
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 30 14:24:50 EST 1998 | Greg Curler
| Does anyone have info on any of these systems (good or bad). We are looking at these 3 types for a new SMT pnp machine. We are low volume high mix. | | Thanks, Dave | Dave, We bought a new machine this year, and like you, narrowed the field o
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 17 12:48:41 EDT 2015 | cyber_wolf
Couple things: If the rubber roller that touches the take up wheels is worn you can adjust it. The axle is on an eccentric. Make sure the "teddy bear faces" that adjust the pick point are not grossly different from the left to right sides of the ma
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 27 09:37:15 EDT 2009 | cyber_wolf
There are pem nuts on the back side of the teddy bear face. One of them probably fell off and either shorted your main board or it is lodged in the belt and pulley that drives the advancing wheels. Take the front part of the feeder off that has the t
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 15 03:56:18 EST 2022 | cbeneat
Is the wheel that drives the belt in alignment? I assume all the bearings are turning. We've had bearings in the past be on the edge of seizing in our end pulley's. Tightening too much could cause it to turn harder, causing the belt to jump off. Coul
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 18 14:53:41 EST 2003 | Garth
I want to efficiently manage the time and jobs that the staff do...yes. Calender puppets??? Whatever! I have had some more luck in finding packages that do what I want. The software package WallChart seems to do what I want although I have only lo
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 16 09:46:41 EST 2005 | barryg
Has anyone dealt with a dual wave solder system. We are a bit tight in floor space and have to maintain a leaded line , but also need to convert to lead free. We are looking at dual wave systems were you have two pots to wheel into place to run one o
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 03 16:45:30 EDT 2003 | swagner
I agree with the other posting about V-score but don't forget about a Wand punch if the application is high volume, also IPTE manufactures a cutting system that doesn't require any V-score, it just cuts the boards apart with a diamond wheel.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 13:08:03 EDT 2008 | rculpepp
Hi Mike. I saw your post on SMTnet and was wondering if you came up with anything for DFM ratings. I was wondering if something may already exist that may keep me reinventing the wheel sort o speak. Thanks, Robert C.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 18 13:44:50 EST 2004 | ehess
I know this is not a SMT machine, but I thought I might find someone on here who could help me. We have an old Universal 6348A Radial lead inserter. The problem we are having is the chain will stop, periodically, before the chain stop status wheel
