Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 18:06:42 EDT 2002 | bcceng
janchan, don't know how many LGA's/LCC/BCC's you are placing but a short term solution that I can recommend is the application of solder bumps to the component and than place it after board has gone through reflow or even at the same time. Our compa
Electronics Forum | Fri May 10 05:01:39 EDT 2002 | cmay
Morning guys, I would just like to find out which type of control charts / SPC type methods (if any) that people are using for SM and flow soldering. I am setting up process controls for our 3 flow solder machines at my new company and would just l
Electronics Forum | Mon May 13 19:47:37 EDT 2002 | bcceng
Mladen, I am in contract manufacturing using the regular Philips Topaz. I started with one now I have four, if market ramps up will be getting more. The Topaz regular can place 0201,BCC,BGA's,Micro BGA's and others depending on the configuration of
Electronics Forum | Sat May 25 20:09:50 EDT 2002 | Kevin
We use Sanyo TCM3000 series machines to place 0201 compnents and they run excellently. The Sanyo machine has corrective pick up on the x and y and H axis but also has a automatic corrective pick up where the component camera looks at a combination of
Electronics Forum | Tue May 21 21:36:10 EDT 2002 | rwilliams
I'd like to hear from anyone regarding the use of Data-PAQ's new Rapid Oven Set-Up software. This looks ideal for our low volume, high mix environment. Anyone having any comments good or bad would certainly be appreciated. Thanks, Ron
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 16:26:22 EDT 2002 | Feederman
Steve, you might want to check out the pre-printed and print-on-demand label feeders that are available through Hover-Davis. These types of feeder remove the potential human placement errors which sometimes occur. The feeders are available for most p
Electronics Forum | Thu May 23 14:35:40 EDT 2002 | pjc
There are instruments from ECD, KIC and Datapaq that are used in addition to classic profiling for oven thermal management and they also have some very efficient prediction software for profiling. I am not an advocate of common profiles. Most boards
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 18:14:52 EDT 2002 | arzu
I have the same problem. I made 3 standard profiles on a 6-zone oven, but always advice to make (or at least verify) a profile. But if customers don't want to, I point at the risks, and choose a slightly higher profile to be on the safe side. If you
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 13:20:11 EDT 2002 | Mark J
They're not dead, but most are assuredly in a coma. As stated elsewhere in this thread, there is so much used equipment on the market due to many electronics companies divesting their manufacturing, and outsourcing production of their products. All t
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 18:16:28 EDT 2002 | Carol Stirling
Hi, I'm looking for Temporary Stencils to assist placement using a Sniper Rework Station. The PBGA is a MPC555 Motorola with 272 pins. The ball map shows 4 populated outer rows, then 16 balls in the centre of an open, unpopulated area. Could I g
