Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 21 09:55:47 EST 2014 | alpha1
I'm in the market for some new (to me) pick and > place equipment, and, could use some > opinions. > > I'm a MyData guy by experience, and > have recently been working on some older Philips > machines. > > I'm comfortable on a MyData > platf
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 07:44:55 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Make sure you fully understand your own products requirements. How many components of each feeder type they will require? How many Feeder slots those feeders will require? How different each product is and how that will affect changeover times - whic
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 13:20:50 EDT 2014 | jimmyboz
Wow! What a thread! Emotions are running high. I will try to be less offensive. There should be a relationship between the vendor and customer, if not, there will be tension and disagreement. The goal, from my humble opinion is, "we" have to ins
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 04 18:46:10 EDT 2014 | hegemon
Well, we cannot make the cuts any deeper as then > we would incur a significant amount of "bowing" > at SMT placement/reflow. Interesting. Could be a number of factors contributing. Here's a story.... In the beginning was the board design, and in
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 12 03:45:19 EDT 2014 | comatose
If you're getting quoted .045 seconds per chip, or .9 seconds per IC, one of two things is happening. The most likely is the supplier has two machines in the line, one placing small parts quickly, and one placing large parts slowly. The part will run
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 08 16:00:04 EDT 2014 | comatose
The boards are expensive because they are your product... covered in circuitry. A 2% scrap rate costs twice as much as a 1% scrap rate. Say the parts on your consumer electronics board cost $5. A machine that makes 99% good boards and 1% bad boards
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 22:55:51 EDT 2014 | andrespena
I'm very sorry I did not see this reply earlier. It's been almost a month and I hope you get to read this! I really like your idea of a *personal* electronic circuit factory. You should try getting schools to buy it, because students will love the o
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 16 05:16:49 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
This number is going to vary hugely depending on the machine, how you operate and how many feeders you have. Smaller outfits might have a single operative whose job it is to setup, load, run & program the line. Regardless of how changeover focused t
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 05 03:48:56 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
If you are considering MyData (a fine choice) I would also consider Europlacer. They are in many ways, machines designed for similar markets with slightly different approaches and advantages. I would suggest much of your experience with Manncorp woul
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 05 09:15:36 EDT 2014 | rgduval
Hi, Edri, It's not uncommon for PCB fab houses to change pad sizes like that, due to design constraints....however, it always aggravates me when they do it without checking with me first. In my mind, that's the first sign of potential bad issues wi
