Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 10:11:23 EDT 2002 | dougt
I see some of the pick and place manufactures talking about how their machines (software) can help you control your inventory and keep track of where your SMT devices are. Is this really being achieved? Are the machines talking to the stock room /
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 04 12:50:36 EST 2003 | gregp
OK Jon, now let me speak hypothetically. We are in agreeance that bulk feeding can save money through increased machine up time. If this cost savings alone could pay for the bulk feeders (it is just a matter of time before it would) and the minimum
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 14 14:01:03 EDT 2003 | Andrea
I was recently given a copy of the "Tin Whisker Agency Action Notice" I was then asked to recommend and implement a action to prevent the suseptible components from reaching our stockroom. Since I can not commit my personel to activly research which
Electronics Forum | Sun May 30 09:35:27 EDT 2004 | davef
Sure, I'd expect your PCB fab has given you a information sheet on handling, storage, and whatnot, including recommended temporary solder masks. The cats & kitties in the stockroom are the first people to start your search. It's probably squirreled
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 28 08:59:02 EST 2006 | Chunks
At my last jwob we avoided the white ones. Although very nice at first, the "heavier" guys never seemed to turn theirs in for cleaning. Thus we had the "dirty snowball" syndrome occurring that gave customers the opposite reaction we were hoping for
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 07 12:00:19 EDT 2012 | gnus
We've had similar issues in the past when we were running a My19 and a My12. What we decided to do in the end was allocate just enough parts needed for the first job (taking into consideration reject rate) so when another job comes around needing tha
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 16 18:44:54 EST 2005 | Mike F
A good board used soon after you receive it should not delam. If only a small percentage is doing that I urge you to do some more looking at the board quality while you do the baking. Do a search of the archives on baking boards, Dave F had some good
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 08:45:33 EDT 1999 | Steve LeCour
At Sanders (Military manufacturer), we have only started using plastic parts within the past few years. After being tasked with reviewing the new J-Std-033, it became obvious to me our process for controlling device exposure is weak. We build very lo
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 16 11:13:17 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
I have a question for everyone about component baking. In my view this is rework. The component was manufactured and shipped correctly and should not need baking in order to use it. Some how in storing the component in a stockroom atmosphere (I as
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 09:11:06 EDT 2005 | russ
This 10 - 20% loss, is it 20% of 10 parts or 10,000? How many parts are lost from a "Perfect feeder teardown"? For example our Samsung 8mm feeders lose 8 components on 4mm pitch every time the cover is released. So if we had an 8 piece run that re
