Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 10:44:08 EDT 1999 | Boca
| There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performing
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 07 01:35:22 EDT 1998 | Franco Dav�
| Our company is currently looking to implement a SMT production line. What I am looking for is feedback on people's experiences with various machines. | Here's what we are in the market for: | Low/Mid volume 3,000+cph machine that can handle high j
Electronics Forum | Sat May 08 08:35:30 EDT 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, Thanks for the info, and that's the kind of info I am looking for. We need very high reliability, and machines that constantly work at high speed for long periods of time without constant feeder and placement issues. We are finding some issues w
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 10 17:44:23 EST 2005 | smtequip
Russ - Sounds alot like Mydata to me....Some of these guys are notoriously bad when it comes to this either because they are unknowledgeable, or desparate for business. On the other side of the coin, some buyers also tend to believe what they want t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 05 16:29:27 EDT 2005 | stepheniii
The air kiss is to replace the vacuum with air so the part will drop off the nozzle. Every machine I've seen with Air kiss, uses it when discarding a part as well as when placing a part. The air kiss should not be strong enough to blow the nozzle off
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 17:41:31 EDT 2019 | rgduval
The UFP was a designation for "ultra-fine-pitch"; but, for the most part, you should be able to get the same placements out of both machines. Anything 0402 or above can be mechanically centered. The UFP machine will lean on optical centering for .5
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 18 18:29:16 EST 1999 | M Cox
Clarissa Even with a sound support team, buying used equipment is always risky. Some things to consider 1) Call the manufacturer, and make sure they still support the equipment, Parts and Technical. 2) Look at the machines with somebody who knows t
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 13:49:29 EDT 1999 | Bob Neverosky
| | There is a practise within the industry of an Inspector inspecting a board, and that same Inspector performing touch-up. My opinion is that the Inspection and Touch-up operations should be separate functions whereby the Inspector is not performin
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 10 05:23:17 EST 2021 | karl_willoughby
Hello. I am sourcing machines for an SMT line (for the first time) and would like to understand features of current and earlier model SPI and AOI machines. In the intended application, a high volume of PCAs aren't required to be processed but there
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 15 19:11:14 EDT 2004 | grayman
Hi, This discussion is really getting long. Fuji and other high speed mounter is great and better than small flexible mounter when it comes to speed.But, I rather suggest a modular mounter specially for subcon companies. Let say we combined 2 or 3 m
