Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:25:02 EDT 2008 | hegemon
ol' hege has got to agree with Chunks and Dave. Seems every time there is a problem, the finger is first pointed at the process. For my $.02 it doesn't matter if your process is 100% bulletproof, procurement will screw it up by finding a vendor that
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 09 18:43:54 EDT 2008 | mowens
Hello everyone, I'm a long time reader of the forums but this will be my first time posting and seeking help. Here's our situation, we have a small pick and place it places about 1800 parts per hour. It is a good R/D proto machine, but it is quic
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 20 01:12:50 EDT 2008 | chrispy1963
Look into a used Siemens F-4 or F-5. These machines can be had for a reasonable cost, they are easy to maintain, the footprint is small (7' X 7.5') and they are simple to program. These machines have a 12 nozzle "Star" revolving placement head for
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 13 07:00:28 EDT 2016 | awhite
Thanks for the reply. When you hit start on the printer, you can see it send the "start cycle (SMEMA)" signal, and it immediately goes to "awaiting board from upstream." This tells me that the printer knows a signal has definitely been sent and rece
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 15 18:37:15 EDT 2020 | unisoft
The point here is if you can't get the full CAD files or the XY rotation files and all you get his Gerbers and a BOM. Most all contract manufacturers and some OEM's at some time or another have to deal with Gerber only files. If you find yourself i
Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 12:07:52 EDT 2001 | caldon
My personal favorite is the Siemens F series and the UIC GSM platform. Both Siemens and UIC have awesome resources for csp, flipchip and baredie processing - Siemens= Dan Baldwin from GaTech; UIC = George Westby from UIC labs. My second choice would
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 03 11:06:13 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hi floydl, I completely understand when it comes to data crunching after long hours of performing measurements, it's the last and most important arduous task in obtaining performance data. If a measurement and evaluation process that traditionally to
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 26 14:47:19 EST 2015 | superlen
unique mnf/mnf part number. - Be meticulous on maintaining your WO Boms. Train your employees to not circumnavigate keeping the WOBOM accurate to what they kitted/placed on the board. If you keep the one to one part number relationship above this is
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 18:34:34 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
> What about designators? Using gerbers to program > a pnp machine was always a last resort to be done > only after much complaining and begging for > proper CAD data. Back in the day I used UniCAM to > program a mydata. After gett
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 06 09:53:59 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING (GDT) Using and applying GDT to printed circuitry and assemblies is very much like applying it to any other design for manufacturing (DFM) or design for assembly (DFA) requirement using concurrent engineering (C
