Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 15:06:32 EST 2010 | rway
I would go with AOI. Reasons are: --AOIs are faster --They have more coverage. Given, you cannot test the value of components, but the AOI will ensure that all resistors are correct, orientation of ICs are proper and components are present on the
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 30 11:42:03 EST 2010 | hegemon
A simple question with very complex answers... But to simplify, you could start at this. Water soluble fluxes are cleaned using (typically) de-ionized water, using a spray wash method. Sometimes a saponifier is added to the water to help it get
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 13:20:26 EST 2011 | methos1979
I can second the Unisoft Pronto software. We were in the same boat where getting centroid data files to program our AOI system was killing us. The Pronto software takes gerber files and BOMs and marries them into usable centroid data files for AOI
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 04 09:26:22 EST 2011 | scottp
We've been doing this for over 10 years using flux. We print a tacky flux first using an 0.002 or 0.003" thick stencil, then print paste using a thicker stencil with the underside half etched to keep it away from the flux. In our case, we can't jus
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 29 15:39:21 EST 2010 | ercdave1
Recently purchased a CSM84VZ, thinking that it was going to be a simple stand alone machine easy to program and i have now found out that is nothing like I expected. i have no computer to control the machine other than the hand held control that conn
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 06 10:49:18 EST 2011 | ercdave1
Thank you guys for the help. Tom, i got the manual and as far as i can tell there is a lot of reading i need to do. Also got the MCH file but i do not have any idea as of how to imput to the machine. i will read the manual hopefully some of my ques
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 08 07:28:19 EST 2011 | jeffr
David, If you have no floppy drive, then your machine is a pre 1990 or earlier machine. (Not CSM84VZ). These machines have a RAM memory with 14 programs max. Can you verify this for me with a picture of the inside of the front of the controler. (jr@h
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 04:02:00 EST 2011 | richiereilly1
Hi, We had a similar issue to this. When we examined the boards at x-ray there were no apparent defects, We sent the boards for Dye and pry testing and we found that there were crack or gaps between the paste on the PCB and the BGA ball. basically th
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 13:28:14 EST 2011 | jmw
0603 and up should be no problem on the machine. If you are doing under 25 mil pitch the machine needs an upward camera to repeatably place the parts. You will always lose the first 10 or so parts with cut tape but that should be about it. Repair par
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 19:38:44 EST 2011 | hegemon
There are a number of manufacturers of Benchtop Hot air stations. For what you are describing, look at Hakko as well as A.P.E. (if they are still around, they made a great little machine called a ?Chipmaster?, and if you added preheat, I think you
