Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 06 02:08:27 EDT 2000 | Ralph Landry
I need to build a couple of prototype SMT boards and need some recomendations on some adhesive or epoxy to use to hold the parts down prior to hot air soldering. I find that some parts want to skip across the board when heated, or they want to walk
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 06 07:30:46 EDT 2000 | John
Ralph, Typically our co-op students put down solder paste with a syringe, place the parts on the paste with tweezers, and then reflow the paste with a hot air pencil. This works pretty well when they are hand building prototypes. You can probably
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 04 08:49:12 EST 2004 | ianlg
Hi Kistech is a UK based company. The MD is a David Wheatley who was one of the founders of SMTech Ltd who designed and manufactured the 100MV prior to the company being purchased by MPM. The microflex is a re-engineerd version of this machine. The
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 18 21:10:23 EDT 1999 | se
| | | Hi, | | | I'd like to ask some tips about the merits and shortcomings o | | | of both screen printer and stencil printer. For small quantity and highly mixed usage, which type of printer is suitable to our | | | application? | | | The board
Electronics Forum | Fri May 02 09:35:20 EDT 2008 | toddl
Hi everyone, I am looking for positive and negative feedback on the use of the paste dispensing system on MPM screen printers. We currently have four machines with this capability that we do not use. Our printer operators insist that the dispensing s
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 08:15:37 EDT 2004 | pjc
MPM uses a one-print-Mylar system, as do other printer mfrs. In this system there is a Mylar sheet attached to a frame that is secured over the printer table with the board on it. You print onto the Mylar. The table X-Y-theta manual adjustments are u
Electronics Forum | Fri May 02 10:02:06 EDT 2008 | mmjm_1099
I have used the MPM dispensers and had no past issues with this.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 12 11:59:12 EDT 2008 | vms
todd the best answer is this" don't use the dispenser it will waste to much solder paste" Harry
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 29 14:41:12 EDT 2004 | pjc
OK if the paper is transparent and you can adjust the table X-Y-Theta under the paper- without moving the paper - the align with the solder lands on the board. If you have a DEK or MPM machine, the Mylar frame is like $300. I belive other printer mfr
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 10 03:26:05 EDT 2006 | ianlg
Hi On the earlier AVX400's there was only one serial port. In the past one of our guys have informed me that we have used an adaptor and plugged the mouse into the LPT1 port. On the later machines there are two serial ports so you could use one of t