Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 07 19:39:18 EDT 2005 | darby
This is a very difficult question to answer as it will depend greatly on your component mix. I will presume that the CSM 84VZ is of the following configuration: 2 x RDC Synchro Heads. Heads 1 & 2. These are mechanically centering heads with a chucki
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 29 05:58:28 EDT 2000 | Chris May
Andy, I have been "evaluating" some AOI systems. However, some of these are actually SAOI (Semi Automatic Optical Inspection), which is not a problem if that is what fits your process and budget. You can buy a high end system complete with many cam
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 12:57:34 EDT 2000 | Steve Thomas
James, we used to use 3 clamshell type printers (one of which did have a two camera vision system, and did all our fine pitch), but had limited success with 20 mil pitch. 25 mil pitch was no problem. I suspect that you'll find people that have had
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 19 11:04:43 EDT 2001 | Spanky
All, We are getting ready to start running with 0201 passives. I have never run these before. We have run some 0402s however. We don't have any assemblies in-house yet, so I can't give any intelligent information regarding the board design (size,
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 24 12:32:22 EDT 2001 | Stefan Witte
I was dreaming about a real easy to use assembly machine. The software was written for operators and did not require more than a few hours training. Machine operations and board programming was written in clear language, icons, pictures and machine e
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 08 23:05:57 EDT 2001 | Darby
John, Tenryu/Amistar/i-Pulse made stainless replicas of feeder tape for various pitches and feeder widths. Part # for 0402 is "MT-0802" ( 8mm wide x 2mm pitch ). Standard 8mm wide tape is " MT-0804". If you can't get any of these, spend an hour on yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 17:17:32 EST 1999 | NickMata
Fred, The system will base itself on the information within the GF file. In the GF file you provide the description as to the physical dimensions, features, tolerances and handling for the part. Once the component has picked up the image, it is "see
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 03:48:46 EDT 1999 | Chris May
| In a cost-reduction effort, our Design group is attempting to eliminate silk-screen (legend ink) on some new products. By the elimination of this process, there will be a slight decrease in the cost of the bare board. | | Presently, the silk scre
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 28 10:29:11 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Dear all, | | We've got a curious problem. We have had a major problem with BGA's occasionally being placed one to several rows or columns off the pads. We are using Universal's GSM2 platform for our general purpose placements. Our Universal re
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 21:48:52 EDT 1999 | JAX
| Dear all, | | We've got a curious problem. We have had a major problem with BGA's occasionally being placed one to several rows or columns off the pads. We are using Universal's GSM2 platform for our general purpose placements. Our Universal re
