Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 12 23:53:24 EDT 1999 | Dean
| Hey guys, | We are opening our new shop in a hotel and would like to hear your inputs. We will be providing contract manufacturing as well as equipment sales from this location. It will be mostly for the surface mount side of our business
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 19 13:26:19 EST 1999 | Scott Cook
| Hi folks, | | I am looking for inputs on a long-standing problem encountered in our shop: Bottom-side parts (passives) falling off in the Wave...where the only remnants of the part is a flattened glue dot of proper diameter and volume, and somet
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 01:32:10 EST 2003 | kenBliss
gregp Your question started out asking about the advantages of bulk feeding. Based on the discussion it all comes down to costs. I offer another perspective that I believe is extremely relevant. Any advantage in manufacturing has to come down to
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 16:24:25 EDT 1999 | Scott McKee
| | | | What is the best way to re-ball a BGA? Who has the best system for doing it? | | | | | | | I'm using our SRT rework stuff to reball in house - when necessary. Of course, we only do this for protos and test boards. We use a standard micro-st
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 24 08:47:14 EDT 2005 | grantp
Hi, There are many aspects to consider. 1. Firstly the room needs to be designed so it's sealed, so linoleum floors than curve where the wall meets the floor, so dirt does not get trapped in the corners, and mops get all dirt and pick it up. Floor
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 10 15:19:09 EDT 2004 | davef
Hey Bob, turn DOWN the volume. Waint daff yano!!! On the surface of things, if you�ve been to a dozen board houses that have not been able to properly separate boards, we�d kinda be inclined to think it�s you and not them. [In your defense, we hav
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 05:52:55 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Good people, and bad or otherwise afflicted, | | | | For those of you having enormous time avaialable to read my rantings in the SMT Express, please pardon the font situation. It ain't my fault, maybe, and Mike is not to blame. Something gets lo
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 | Thu Aug 19 23:56:49 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | I'm trying a second time to post this very important message, to me, concerning Air-Vac's following creation. Does any own and use this stuff successfully to remove solder from 20 layer and up MLB's with .020" diameter holes? Also, is any of the
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 19 12:27:09 EDT 2002 | jeffreybrown
I have read with interest this string of opinions about support of old machines. I am the service manager of Contact Systems and I deal with customer support every day. Our policy is to treat all owners of Contact machines in an evenhanded way. The w