Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 17 11:36:16 EST 1999 | JAX
If this is going to be the beginning of a lucrative and fast growing company you probably want to go with Fuji ( CP series ) , it's by far the fastest and longest lasting. If money is a big issue at this time and you want to get the biggest bang for
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 02 08:57:36 EST 1999 | Kevin DuCasse
This is our first time out processing material with a finished thickness less than the standard 0.062 FR-4 material. We have an assembly that uses GIL MC5 with a finished thickness of 0.035 and we are having difficulty at placment with the array "bo
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 28 18:14:51 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
Try looking for paste contamination somewhere. Dirty stencil, printer table or fixtures. Placement table/fixtures. Reflow belt/conveyer. Reuseable finger covers, if used. Try covering the fingers with Kapton tape during different stages of the proc
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 21 10:13:19 EDT 1999 | Bill Bannister
The Brady PAM 5000 may work for you as well. I think they have a web site. This machine is smema compatible. It's automatically places barcode labels onto pcb's within an 18"x22" area with .020" accuracy. The labels can be placed at 0 or 90 deg onto
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 20:42:07 EDT 1999 | Jeff Ferry
Grace, As deifned in IPC 7721 Procedure 3.2 Bow and Twist Repair "Bow and twist after soldering shall not exceed 1.5% for through hole PC boards and .75% for surface mount PC boards. The bow and twist shall not be sufficient to cause difficulties d
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 15:15:31 EDT 1999 | Charles Morris
| | Our first article inspection after machine placement can take several hours depending on the complexity of the board. The operator visually checks the board against the drawing and bill of material. I'd be interested to hear if there are any othe
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 24 09:49:53 EDT 1999 | C.K.
Hi Folks: We've been having bridging problems on our fine-pitch QFP's, despite thorough inspection of paste height, volume, and placement accuracies....profiles look good also. The bridging is happening after coming out of reflow...one last thing t
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 09 09:00:10 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| hi, i m college student. i m currently doing my Final year project in PCB drilling. the main task is to design auto feeder which allign the PCB properly in position before drilling take place. the close tolerance becomes a big problem to the precis
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 08 13:09:40 EDT 1999 | Joe Wayt
Hello: We are using a Heller 1500S reflow oven to solder surface mount parts. Just within the last two weeks, the larger I.C.'s are moving while going through the oven. The parts are checked for placement before putting into the oven. When the
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 03:17:01 EDT 1999 | Scott Davies
To all SiPlace Users, I know there are lots of you out there! From your own experiences, what sort of life expectancy would you expect (in terms of number of placements) from a rotary star head for a Siplace 80S15 or 80S20 machine, before a replacem
