Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 05 10:36:24 EDT 2011 | frcdave
Hi Don, The YESTech B3 can be used post placement very easily. I would suggest contacting their service team, they could walk you through the process quickly. You are actually very close to being able use it now in that capacity since you have the i
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 04 17:27:43 EST 2000 | John Thorup
For clipping off small boards and small quantities you can try Simonds. With no components and for longer straight cuts a shear would be more appropriate. How about the various de-panelling machines? The answer could be more specific if you would te
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 21 11:49:25 EST 2020 | SMTA-Tom
Tabs are generally faster to cut through vs a v-scored board. Cutting the V-scored boards with a saw is an option but it is not faster...it just decreases the potential damage that can happen when using a pizza cutter. Preferred method would be to us
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 08:45:37 EDT 2013 | gallionc
We've been running our ICOM 5000 off and on since it was new in 1996. There's not much help out there for this machine as Stoelting (who bought out Westek) no longer supports it. You might need to replace the filter, which Stoeling can provide, but
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 17:17:46 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
| I was at the Southcon show in Orlando and saw a PCB depanelization machine which was basically a rotary saw which cut through the scoring on the panel. I don't remember the name of the company though so I can't get any info on this. Does anyone k
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 18 12:02:18 EDT 2003 | russ
It all dependes on the de-paneling method. V-score - .100" is probably to thick for manual seperation. There are machines that I believe can cut through a V-Score up to .125" or greater Breakaway tabs - .100" is getting to the limit when doing t
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 18 08:20:47 EST 2000 | Wayne Bracy
Just returned from Long Beach and the APEX 2000 show. It has been a number of years of since I attended a trade show and felt the excitement of being on an exhibit floor. All or at least most of the exhibitors seemed to be very busy and looking
Electronics Forum | Sat May 08 11:53:52 EDT 1999 | Scott Cook
| My company has a product line that utilizes multi-up PCB's. In order to cut costs for this product line, I have been asked to look into ways of running panels that contain bad blocks. Our SMT equipment is quite capable of doing this, but I need to
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 12 12:00:59 EST 2007 | wayne123
A philips Topaz is a good machine, I have accurately placed 0402's without a problem, Fine pitch QFP no problem, BGA's not a problem, I am not familiar with the TP9 so hopefully the other guy can answere questions on that, The Topaz is rated at about
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 18 14:29:46 EDT 2008 | chrisgriffin
That AP can paste 0201's and has built in 2D. I would keep it. The AP series "forcers and platens" design is a bit fragile, but reliable and tends to last a long time. My biggest complaint is the cheap air hoses to the 3 forcers. After about 8 ye
