Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 19 21:39:18 EST 2014 | gregp
Hi Spoilt...thanks for your reply. The latter part of your reply is a bit perplexing though. The CS-400E is easy to set up. There are two lights spots that indicate the insertion location. The component does not need to be prepped other than bent
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 15:21:54 EST 2014 | warwolf
We process an average of 300 units per batch with spikes to 750, we can sustain about two to three people populating to maintain good quality/throughput. Part placement is broken up equally to reduce operator stress(usually a limit of 5 different pa
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 21 11:42:32 EDT 2020 | charliedci
I have been tasked with finding the equipment necessary to fully automate our TH assembly. Currently about 98% is performed manually on stuff lines with the other 2% using a 30 year old axial inserter. I am asking if anyone else has gone down this pa
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 21 12:12:44 EST 2014 | joe98375
On average there are about 3 parts per board that get hand placed (x24 is 72 parts per panel). One of these parts is a big 1W resistor that cannot fit on our axial machine. We also have a Zener Diode that needs to be hand placed because its leads are
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 11 20:36:04 EDT 2013 | action_101
UIC still manufacturers new thru-hole machines. Both axial and radial insertion models are available. They stopped making the multi-mod dip inserters in '91 or '92. And parts are easily acquired for any older models, there were a ton of machines out
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 10 08:42:26 EDT 2013 | rway
Most of our product are mixed technology. I don't consider thru-hole components as "pesky." Perhaps from a manufacturing point of view they are due to the extra handling and machine requirements. But from a reliability stand-point, thru-hole is mu
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 16:51:48 EST 2014 | joe98375
gregp: Our PTH process has not changed in many years. Our products are fairly simple as far as electronics goes and everything gets potted anyways. ~90% of everything we build is single sided TH with ~ 100 solder joints per board. Each board is ~
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 13 08:17:13 EDT 2013 | gregp
Hello Action_101, We are pretty much on the same wavelength as far as moving the cut and clinch and leaving the board stationary. It is the first I have heard about the cut and clinch being difficult to work on but you worked on them so your opinio
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 19 23:04:32 EST 2014 | gregp
Hi Adam...thanks for your follow up comments. The auto inserter in the video is a machine from a time gone by...But quite impressive. Those machines are good for higher volume where high flexibility may not be required. not sure if all of the comp
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 23 10:14:31 EDT 2020 | robl
The odd form assemblers are extremely slow compared to the Axial & Radial UIC machines. Also there is a big cost for feeders. Key question is what is the max axial & Max radial feeder count on your biggest job and that will quickly tell you how man
