Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 12 19:48:47 EDT 2010 | bootstrap
I like what you're doing. 20 years ago anyone, hobbyists and tiny garage-shop companies could create electronics devices just as sophisticated and cool as big corporations. Today, SMT has largely trashed the creativity (and competition) that existe
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 10 10:57:23 EDT 2002 | finepitch
> A/cph, then you need a second chip shooter. Then each chip shooter will place B/2 parts and possibly catch up with the pick&place machine. If the line has 2 chipshooters and a pick&place, it will be pretty hard to use the one unused chipshooter fo
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 21 14:07:53 EST 2002 | No man land
cool Music soothens one's emotions. It should be > mild and not loud. No voice. Just > music...Solos. > > We have used this successfully > in our plant. Every hour we have a two minutes > break to give rest to our operators who use > microscope
Electronics Forum | Thu May 24 17:37:25 EDT 2007 | jmelson
I did one batch of low-density (0805 and standard SO chips) with excellent results. I then spent some time figuring out how to calibrate the mechanical alignment station (most of the calibration offsets on this machine were either zero or several mm
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 10:17:47 EDT 2018 | sarcher
We purchased a ERSA Wave Solder 330-F machine recently "As Is", with NO warranty. Trying to get the machine started, we've ran into trouble with the Spray Fluxer ESF. During the initial verification run, the spray fluxer would move 4 times to the ce
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 20:33:09 EST 2000 | Dave F
Shane: We don�t dispense, but we have thought about it. Several points about peelable solder masks in a no-clean (low residue) process: � Beware of latex peelable solder mask with a low res process without extensive testing. The problem is usuall
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 03 08:14:49 EDT 2001 | Stefan Witte
If you hold your board sideways in a 90 degree angle you apply a force of 1 g to your components. 1 g translates into 32 ft / sec. square. This is not too much acceleration for fearless roller coaster drivers but Melf�s and Tantalums can fall off at
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 09 11:55:49 EST 2001 | mparker
If you are getting solder shorts under a device, how would "hiding" the extra long pad with solder mask help? If the pad can't be seen once the device is in place, it is already "hidden". Getting your customer to redesign the pads may take some time
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 03 12:08:59 EDT 2010 | hegemon
I had an opportunity two years ago to evaluate three benchtop AOI systems. Omron, Yestech, and Mirtec. I was fortunate to be able to have all three machines side by side for my evaluation period, which lasted near a full month. At the time I was
Electronics Forum | Tue May 23 20:44:13 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Sal: You and Wolfgang are spot on, but let's see if we can blow this out a bit. Before proceding to rattle on ... � PC Card. A credit card-size computer peripheral that add memory, mass storage, and I/O capabilities to computers in a rugged, compa
