Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 10:51:47 EST 2001 | Deon Nungaray
Hello Phil, AOI equipment has been around for a number of years. I remember evaluating a machine around 5 years ago. At this time the system was not able to learn right side up or upside down characters. Well, the newer systems have come a long way.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 13 06:43:44 EST 2001 | jackofalltrades
We use AOI in-line on most our SMT lines, and still getting them for the rest our lines. It has cut down on Inspection Time considerablly, justifing the cost. They do take a trained technician to program and that is a little time consuming, but worth
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 08:23:02 EST 2001 | CAL
Some AOI manufacturers require you to put in a GOLD PCB. Gold PCB is a perfectly manufactured board - Correct placements, correct polarity, no solder short, a "GOOD" PCB. With the vision limitations of some AOI equipment components that have variatio
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 11:53:50 EST 2001 | Steve
Take the leap of faith my friend!! Buy the AOI and watch all of your problems disappear. Okay, so I exaggerated a bit. Let me tell you the real story. We purchased a CR Technology RTI6500 almost two years ago. We chose the CR Tech unit because it wa
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 09 17:46:50 EST 2001 | raton
We've used them for several years now. They have done what they were purchased for and more. But, as time goes on, expectations of them rise, sales and marketing hype them as the ultimate cure-all of all defects, and then disappointment is experien
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 01 17:15:05 EST 2004 | ricardof
What programming systems are you using now? F4G is no longer supported, so I guess that's not a relaible option to move on. FUJICAM is currently in good shape, most of the bugs are cleared
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 23 00:20:22 EST 2016 | jlawson
Program conversion bewteen the two can be done , with a custom program. Issue is at what value as most simple conversions will be file based - and placement level NC data only. Part Shapes are where all the work is and if you want to convert part l
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 12:30:32 EST 2016 | unisoft
> Unisoft ProntoPLACE software ( http://www.unisoft-cim.com/pcbplace.htm ) >> ProntoPLACE programs popular surface mount (SMT) placement, through-hole (THT) insertion and glue dispensing machines. Universal, Fuji, Mydata, Siemens, Panasonic, Assembl
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 12:31:36 EST 2016 | unisoft
> Unisoft ProntoPLACE software ( http://www.unisoft-cim.com/pcbplace.htm ) >> ProntoPLACE programs popular surface mount (SMT) placement, through-hole (THT) insertion and glue dispensing machines. Universal, Fuji, Mydata, Siemens, Panasonic, Assembl
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 12:32:41 EST 2016 | unisoft
> Unisoft ProntoPLACE software ( http://www.unisoft-cim.com/pcbplace.htm ) >> ProntoPLACE programs popular surface mount (SMT) placement, through-hole (THT) insertion and glue dispensing machines. Universal, Fuji, Mydata, Siemens, Panasonic, Assembl