Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 09 20:14:29 EDT 2006 | marcelll
I'm repairing SMT for 20 years and I've worked with both machines. From my experience, I always had a bunch of problems with DEK printer and the service is terrible if your not a big one. MPM is more reliable, parts cheaper & service much better. Pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 04 09:35:45 EST 2005 | glaucon
The base model UP3000 is really a general designation for the platform. The use of "UP3030" designated the configuration of the machine from the factory. The UP3030 (if memory serves me) came with 2D, a vacuum stencil wiper, and a paste dispenser. I
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 09 04:24:14 EDT 2006 | Rob
We had one of the crap UP3000's. However it was still better than a 265. If you don't need the extra large board size look for an AP2* or a HiE, especially if you are looking at using paste inspection.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 21:14:08 EDT 2006 | chrisgriffin
I'm with Chunks on this. In my experience MPM's are very accurate and reliable. There are so many out there because people like them. You can make a program with 2D inspection in about 10 minutes. Things do sometimes break on the 3000's, but not
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 12:51:27 EDT 2006 | john_smith
cn, Currently we have a DEK265GSX a DEK Infinity and a MPM UP3000 printers and previously had MPM Accuflex,MPM UP1500 and MPM AP24s. No advice for the UP3030. We always had to work on all of the MPM printers for one thing or another and every time we
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 13:00:33 EDT 2006 | john_smith
CN, I forgot a couple things. The DEK printers are easy to program at about 3-5 min. The MPM is a little more difficult to program and it takes about 20-30 min. Resale value is also in DEKs favor. Just look around in the equipment section and see all
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 19:00:42 EDT 2006 | SWAG
We've always been MpM so no comparison from me on DEK. All I can say is we have had 3000 series that seemed to need constant attention and almost daily wrenching. We got a couple of AP25 HiE's and they are easier to use, way more reliable and simpl
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 20:48:06 EDT 2006 | darby
We run Dek ELAs and MPM UP1500, Everyone here prefers the Deks. Set up, software, maintenance, operation etc. There's not a lot in it - the guys just prefer the Deks. However we are an OEM and so get control on board design, finish, fiducials etc. So
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 09 14:30:44 EDT 2006 | Brian
I agree with Chunks. Programming was much simpler. The 2D inspection is much better on MPM. I didn't have to use offsets on the MPM or the DEK very often, but did more on teh DEK. I didn't like the front justified stencils on the DEK. I also did
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 06 14:54:30 EDT 2006 | Cmiller
I believe the early UP3000's had some significant mechanical issues. We have 3 UP3000 Ultraflex machines. We bought them used. These are great machines and easy to program but you need to have operators that really understand the machine. I dont thin
