Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 14:10:24 EDT 2001 | cal
I am confused. You are using pressure sensitive tape. the pessure sensitive tape i have seen does not use cover tape.The pressure sensitive tape I am familiar with is called "Surftape" could you provide some more clarification?? Surftape is more co
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 18 22:22:43 EDT 2009 | comatose
Assuming you want to run 8 hours a day and 5 days a week, you need a sustained throughput of 2.5k components per hour. With fine pitch, futzing around, setup, etc you should really look for machines rated in the 4k to 5k per hour range. That's not sc
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 11 16:11:32 EDT 2003 | stefwitt
The question new or used was discussed several times. If you start fresh and have no experience with one or the other machine vendor, I would get a new machine, whose supplier has a service tech in driving distance. If you select the used machine pa
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 14 12:33:14 EDT 2003 | Brian W.
In many cases, if you buy a used machine, it is worth the investment to register your machine with the manufacturer. That way you have access to support and information for your machine. A number of the machine manufacturers also refurbish their eq
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 12 00:48:35 EDT 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I want to echo the above good advice. Be careful that you either buy a machine from a company that will be here 5 years out or you buy training, equipment documentation and spare parts to cover you. YiEng, MA/NY DDave
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 11 12:45:23 EDT 2003 | jonfox
Assembleon Topaz (many different flavors) or you can pick up an almost new Universal GSM pretty cheap these days. Are you looking for "new" equipment only? What are your requirements and/or features you are looking at/for? Another good machine if
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 20 08:50:58 EDT 2000 | Mike Keogh
Ref.message from Chris McDonald,CORRECTION... VTECH SMT LTD. of Stirling, Scotland are an award winning supplier to major 'Blue Chip' companies and should in no way be confused with V-Tek inc. as intimated in chris's message. To date we have never su
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 11 01:01:41 EDT 2003 | kadaba
we are evaluating mirae1025 pick and place machine along with mydata tp9-2u samsung cp45lv has any one got info on mirae and how do you rate this against the other two.. or alternatively should i include anu other similer model. i amd having not muc
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 15 15:23:10 EDT 2003 | davem
I would agree with the advice given by previous poster's. "Buyer Beware" is the rule of the day. Especially when dealing with 3rd. party brokers. Keep an eye out for some of the teir 1 EMS corp's auctions. You can pick up some excellent deals on we
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 05 23:18:03 EDT 2013 | feiyangniao
There is a new toy I received today: a NeoDen TM-240A automatic desktop pick and place machine! I’ve kept my eyes on this baby for a quite a while, and finally decided to make a purchase last week. The shipping was very fast: DHL from China, a total
