Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 12 09:08:24 EDT 2005 | cmiller
You might want to look at Universal's Advantis machines. I visited thier factory a few months ago in NY. They are building a LOT of machines so they must be selling a lot of them. I have been to two places that have them installed and the lightning h
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 22:01:11 EST 2004 | Ken
Relay: Yes, you can drive a "DC" relay with AC. As long as the latching threshold is achieved, you can close the contacts. However, if the relay impedence is improperly selected, relay chatter can occur. I am confident MPM selected a correct rela
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 06 10:28:58 EST 2018 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 20 14:45:31 EST 2009 | jwolvans
Here's another question that I should have brought up earlier: are you dealing mainly with brand new products from brand new customers, or new products from established customers? Here's the reason why I'm asking: once I've got a good part library e
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 14 09:43:33 EST 2002 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I will only hit only a few and then bug out. Worked with one large EMS place that has the "fail first" approach to engineering and manufacturing. ( I know I know THEY all do). They didn't store the paste as the mfg suggested, they didn't control
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 30 14:46:33 EDT 2008 | rgduval
I've used DBA in the past. It's not a bad MRP software for the price. Though, your mileage may vary. We were using an older version of it at my last company, and there was no desire to upgrade. From a manufacturing standpoint (bill of material co
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 10 21:12:08 EST 2009 | smartasp
Dear ALL Thanks for the valuable input so far. The solder results is the first priority whereby the solder paste requirements sets the guidelines for the profile first. We use Kick profiler with the latest software. We verify the oven temp and dist
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 27 10:22:59 EDT 2009 | dwl
We have an opportunity to purchase a Yestech YTV-1000 AOI machine. I am looking for opinions on how well they work and how they compare to the newer Yestech B3 AOI systems. We are a high mix, low volume EMS company. We do not currently have any exp
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 10:37:19 EST 2012 | caerleon
The only way you will be able to measure it is to count the reel before you put it on the machine, count them when they come off and deduct the amount expected to be placed. you will then have the result of attrition on the machine. or.. Pick the p
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 06 17:06:43 EDT 2012 | joeherz
Hello, We have been tracking our SMT quality levels using DPMO which has been a great way to monitor our process with a huge variation in products we build (we're an low vol/high mix EMS provider). We are now looking at implementing the same scheme
