Electronics Forum | Mon May 01 21:04:40 EDT 2006 | pfifla1
for a very repeatable rework srt 1100HR is a very nice machine... alot of $$$$ though.. i recently used a APE Sniper and i thought this machine was very simple but good to use easy to profile, and align BGAs.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 00:21:49 EDT 2007 | pfifla1
I am personally a fan of the ape sniper systems. seems like they have good cycle times and repeatability.
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 04 13:25:31 EST 2000 | DSK
We are using an A.P.E. Sniper Split Vision System and are very happy with it's ease of operation and capabilities. It uses very low velocity air so we have zero problems with parts being blown off the board. Another reason we went with the Sniper
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 09 13:46:07 EST 2005 | russ
Anybody out there have any experience with the above? We are looking into buying one of these things. We need to process large thin boards to small thick boards both pb and pbfree solders. Components will range from uBGA and CSP to ????? It is a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 26 11:04:57 EST 2000 | Casey Scheu
One of the best rework systems on the market is the Sniper from APE Corporation. One thing you'll never here is that the system dosn't have enough power. Check it out. www.apecorp.com Casey Scheu
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 18:21:55 EDT 2007 | Hegemon
Consider how the vast majority of PCBs with BGAs are produced. Forced air convection. Anything that comes closer to duplication of the original soldering profile is what you desire. Did they build it with IR or Convection? The process engineer wa
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 21 01:57:55 EDT 2009 | kaz
Hello All, My first visit here. I own and operate a small Industrial & Consumer Electronics Service Shop. There is more and more modules with high density fine pitch SMDs that we cannot handle. We bought PACE ThermoFlow BGA SMD station with a bunch o
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 14:21:13 EST 2004 | James Dornan of APE Inc
A little late but if this subject is still of interest the following paper from APE may be of interestwhen considering IR to Air Bath: HOT AIR versus IR and other convection Rework Systems HOT AIR is the most popularly chosen method of rework in th
