Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 10:31:47 EDT 2020 | proceng1
Certain customers do give us CAD. USUALLY ODB++ but I've also gotten .ipc and .pcb . Many of our customers bought or inherited a design, and therefore have no control to generate additional files. Or, as you mentioned, they had another manufacture
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 18:34:34 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
> What about designators? Using gerbers to program > a pnp machine was always a last resort to be done > only after much complaining and begging for > proper CAD data. Back in the day I used UniCAM to > program a mydata. After gett
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 27 12:46:23 EDT 2020 | unisoft
Unisoft has been import gerber only for years to setup assembly, aoi machines, etc. *** Help for Importing GERBER only files for used in programming Assembly, AOI, Test, Selective Soldering machines (X/Y Center, Rot, Part#). Also allows you to cre
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 15 18:37:15 EDT 2020 | unisoft
The point here is if you can't get the full CAD files or the XY rotation files and all you get his Gerbers and a BOM. Most all contract manufacturers and some OEM's at some time or another have to deal with Gerber only files. If you find yourself i
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 09:59:13 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
> We unfortunately use GERBER data to digitize <BR> > boards more than any CAD. We are CM and many of <BR> > our customers do not provide CAD. With some <BR> > Legacy products, we still use 274-D Gerbers
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 20 13:16:15 EST 2014 | rgduval
Hi, Brendan, It sure sounds like it to me. But, with the Z axis, there could be one other thing to check. On my old TP, there were z-locks...two pistons that pointed sideways around the head travel. Initializing the z-motors did not move the z-
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 20 13:25:18 EST 2014 | brendansales
Dear Rob, Thank you for your quick response! There were Z locks on the Midas head area, 2 little solenoids like you mentioned. Previously I had the first error code (F-AXIS-C/9) and after fiddling around, randomly manual unlock the Z locks it came
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 13 00:43:06 EST 2014 | brendansales
Centering motor about to fail or has failed. > Centering motor about to fail or has failed. Hey Rdubya, Thanks for your help! Apparently that was not the problem. The Midas head had to be all the way down below the lower locking solenoid. After
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 19 09:52:45 EST 2014 | brendansales
Dear Rob, Got to the maintenance menu, under the Motor section, I selected Z motor and tried to initiate motor, there was no movement on the machine and I had the error message as below: F-MOT-MSETDYN Z/12: Position counter dead I suspect that ser
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 29 04:59:02 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, MYDATA's are ok for lower volume, and they are very flexible. If you only have 1 or 2 trays of components and are on a tight budget, then you can even place the trays on the Y wagon behind the PCB so you can get away without the tray wagon. Al
