Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 15 00:18:01 EST 2004 | vinitverma
Hi Serge, If you are really looking at a new machine, why not try Assembleon AX-3 configured for 45K cph (rated speed, 30K IPC9850 speed). This machine can be future upgraded upto 90K cph (rated speed, 60Kcph IPC 9850 speed). You get placement force
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 15 11:24:10 EST 2004 | fastek
You're correct Rob. If you go back any amount of time in this business like it sounds you have (and I know I have), it wasn't that long ago that companies like Philips and Seimens were way behind everyone else, (Fuji and Pana) when it came to buildin
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 18 02:16:23 EST 2004 | vinitverma
Hi Rick, First, in the last 6 months my customers have bought 5 FCM 1s and 3 FCM 2s, from the second hand market and NOT from Assembleon for approx. $130K for the FCM 1 and approx. @200K for the FCM 2. And one customer had bought the CP4 for $10K an
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 15 16:20:48 EST 2004 | darby
I read with interest in September Circuits Assembly magazine an article entitled "Reducing Variation Through 'Intelligent' Stencils. In this the authors propose that by REDUCING stencil thickness from 0.005" to 0.004", the paste deposit volume will I
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 17 08:05:00 EST 2004 | davef
Your solder paste is talking to you, follow its message. Listen to the paste. Be at one with the paste. If you insist on ignoring the message of the paste, add more paste, if you just need to complete the last board or so, but you really should ju
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 18:09:07 EST 2004 | kmorris
At a previous job I had been taught that when reflow soldering polyimide flex circuits, it was necessary to pre-bake them before reflow soldering to prevent delamination. Our procedures said that there must be a 1hr bake prior to reflow, and the flex
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 28 21:51:04 EST 2004 | KEN
When using a foam fluxer: 1. Bubble size is important. What stones are you using? Ever clean them? Too large a bubble will NOT help your situation. (I forget bubble size range....check with your fluxer mfgr.) 2. Thinner will help in capilary m
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 06 06:15:49 EST 2005 | mattkehoe
We need some opinions about a situation that is causing problems in our process. The pcb's in question are .125 thick with a HASL finish. The boards are coming in with a large amount of solder trapped inside the via holes. Sometimes this solder is ac
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 03 04:57:09 EST 2006 | grantp
Hi, Wow, weird seeing this old thread pop up again, and it's weird re reading my old posts, and remembering how frustrated we were with the larger 12 and 16 mm Aggillis feeders that kept sticking. We ended up dumping the MYDATA as it just could not
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 10 22:43:43 EST 2005 | davef
First, we know nothing about your assemblies or how storing them in an "unconditioned" warehouse will affect their performance or post-storage processing. Second, there are no specifications, because what might be good in one application might not b
