Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 19 14:24:26 EDT 2010 | davef
See, the bean counters are taking over. They've got you out there counting flyshit. Chip parts aren't worth the time it takes to count them, even with a counterometer. Watch out!!! Next thing they'll have you doing is sweeping-up misplaces, figurin
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 15 22:06:15 EDT 2000 | Dreamsniper
Hi Raeto, 1. You do not have reflow oven. This means that you are not running Surface Mount Technology in your shop floor...am I correct? Why do you plan to have SMD's under your PCB's ? Can't you replace them with their PTH counter part and have th
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 30 17:46:15 EST 2002 | davef
Hey, you can only carry that �No savings no bonus!!!� thing so far. * There is negative saving when the machine isn�t running. * I know I have to trim my finger nails, but that doesn�t mean I wait until I hurt myself scratching my nose or on the othe
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 19:33:44 EST 2002 | davef
Since yer talkin� $$$$, non-quantitative measure do not apply. I understand someone told you to do payback. But, we don�t use payback for multiyear projects. Regardless, the analysis is similar. For each machine, set-up a multiyear spreadsheet li
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 05 17:14:40 EDT 2002 | davef
First, I suggest that people search the SMTnet Archives in just about every response that I make. Second, you need to work on your DOE jargon * Factors. Independent or input variables * Effects. Results. Dependent or output variables. Third, the
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 17 15:47:42 EDT 2002 | stepheno
Where I worked previously we had some boards with a couple 15 mil pitch parts. The first batch we got all had undersized pads. We had lots of bridging. We had less bridging with bigger pads. The ball size in the paste makes a bigger diffence regar
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 24 07:32:58 EDT 2002 | cyber_wolf
Pete: It is a Panasonic Camera. MPM tells me that they no longer sell parts for that vision system, and in order to fix this problem I have to do a vision up-grade. The upgrade is over 20K if I remember correctly. That is not going to happen. I hav
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 19 19:22:09 EDT 2004 | g2garyg2
Laser Marking stations generally accept the product, clamp it in place, then through a motion platform move the product underneath the laser head. Marking is generally conducted with a CO2 laser ranging between 20 to 30 watts. You will loose 20% thro
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 10:37:47 EDT 2005 | stepheniii
How are you counting parts back into stock? If it is an estimation then that could be your problem. One place I worked, the stockroom estimates were usually double what the lead hand would estimate. If you are using a counter then your rate is probab
Electronics Forum | Wed May 03 12:26:30 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
This is indeed yet another proof that under impulse of the RoHS directives all norms are flushed down the drain. Bean counters are slowly but surely taking over our industry because they no longer face resistance by form of standards. Even the basic
