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 | Mon Nov 12 13:35:34 EST 2007 | dyoungquist
MyData TP9s Work well in high mix applications because change over time from 1 job to the next can be done in as little as 15 minutes if you have the right mix of magazines/feeders. Component placement rates vary depending on which component you ar
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 17:44:42 EST 2008 | wayne123
I am unfamiliar with the Topaz X and I am needing to know if they accept the same tape feeders as our Emerald and older Topaz. Any help would be apreciated. Thanks, Wayne
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 11:20:56 EST 2008 | wayne123
I am unfamiliar with the Philips Saphire. I am needing to know if the feeders That work on our Topaz and Emerald will also work on a Saphire. I assume that they would just because the feeders are being sold as "Gem" feeders. In addition, Is anyone a
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 17 09:05:55 EST 2004 | adlsmt
Has anyone designed a Topaz matrix tray holder? We only need something to hold 4 trays and the Assembleon system is expensive and marginal. We can do it here but if someone else has done it would be happy to share the engineering costs to get some dr
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 20:33:21 EST 2008 | slthomas
Well, since you distinctly said *any* help.... as far as I know all of the GEM machine can use the original feeders, but there are as I understand it some newer smart models available for the X series machines. All I've actually used is a Topaz, th
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 13:42:50 EST 2007 | coop
I was asked to get our phillips topaz suited up with an internal tray feeder. The problem is I can't find one anywhere.Is there any clues as to where I might find one?
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 13 12:31:34 EST 2007 | coop
At my last job, I ran a phips topaz with an internal tray feeder ,that we put in, and the only problem we had was getting the thing level after it was level we didn't experience any difficulty but the one we had was made from machined aluminum. I alr
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 13 12:37:53 EST 2007 | slthomas
Are you referring to a feeder or just a platform to place trays on? I'm looking at a used Topaz purchase right now and am trying to make sure I understand the language. Have you tried any of the refurb houses for this stuff?
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 22 05:08:15 EST 2011 | jeffr
For all Tray type components the machine will not pickup from the tray using the adjust assistant (f6). It will default to a position where you can place the QFP onto the nozzle yourself by hand.
