Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 09:24:15 EDT 2000 | obrienk
I've been impressed with Universal Instruments in Binghamton, NY. We've been working on a possible SMT line with them because they do everything from soup to nuts. The quality/service so far has been great (and to Dave F's comment, I believe they've
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 21:56:41 EDT 2000 | Thomas Ravener
There are many available: Simplimatic Process Control Technology (PCT) JOT PMJ Bosch Dynapace Nutek Applied Conveyor Engineering (ACE) A wholly owned division of Universal Instruments and made for UIC integration of their products. This is just but
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 02 10:36:09 EST 1998 | Jimmy Strain
| I am looking for suppliers of through-hole DIP insertion. It's been a long while since I've looked for through-hole equipment and am not aware of who manufactures DIP insertion equipment. If you know of some suppliers, I would appreciate some inp
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 18 01:50:45 EST 1998 | Phil Szypko
| | Hi all, | I would like to have some information regarding the paste in holes process.We are the Backplane manufacturing and dealing with lots of thick PCB and would like to change the processes from wave to paste in hole.Any feed back of info
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 08 15:29:06 EST 2005 | bpoech
Has anyone adopted Dual Lane Tape feeders in their production of SMT circuit board assemblies? Universal Instruments caries one if people are not familiar. I am looking into a smooth adoption of this into production and have been looking to gather a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 14:03:53 EDT 2007 | slthomas
Radial Leads (I've had IIs, IIIs, and Vs) do the job nicely, but they need weekly maintenance to keep them running. I don't know if you can get parts for them or not if you're not registered with UIC, but you WILL need parts for it. You will need al
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 24 11:28:35 EDT 2007 | vikkaraja
I have to agree with Fastek on the issue of having someone with enough experience or with proper training. Having knowledge and being flexible about tweaking the machine to make it work thats all you really need. We used to call it black magic. I use
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 27 15:08:07 EDT 2007 | jeffharley
If you have'nt had the pleasure of working on these machines, plan on spending a few weeks in Binghamton to get the basics, this will just get you started. I've worked on these machines for more than 20 years and am presently training two of my guys
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 08:29:11 EDT 2007 | stepheniii
If you can, put a pressure tank near the machine. It will help stabalize the air pressure, but only if the compressor is providing enough air in the first place. Throughhole PNP machines tend to take air in big gulps making the pressure go up and dow
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 03 12:11:56 EDT 2007 | gmoritz
Any experience with the encoders and ball screws that drive the stage? We are seeing a pretty large y-drift from the 'top' to the 'bottom' of the board during x-travel. I've tried to measure this using the teach function and the x-drift from the sm
