Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 29 08:12:47 EDT 2009 | jrockwell
For low volume and larger sized parts, as you stated, I would go with a GSM. There are plenty on the used market at fair prices. But as Sr. Tech said buying a used machine is tricky. Having a technician or engineer who is very familiar with the machi
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 30 07:16:17 EDT 2009 | jeffreyj
Any comments on a newer Essemtec CSM 7000 or 7100? How about an older Multitroniks Intelliplacer 10 ('00 or '01 vintage)? The latter seems a bit excessive for our purposes, and the fact they are now under Tyco's umbrella is definitely bad news, bu
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 01 01:17:22 EST 2009 | isd_jwendell
I've been using an Essemtec machine for about 2 years now. I have VERY limited space and power, but yet I wanted more than a desktop model. I have been happy with the machine's performance and I've been extremely happy with the support I have receive
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 01 14:23:18 EST 2009 | dilogic
You can get an used GSM1 for little money, used pneumatic feeders are cheap and reliable. Software is excellent and there's a lot of spares on the second-hand market. Initial investment is low and you get excellent machine, superbly built, that will
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 05 18:23:35 EST 2009 | gregp
I would not disagree with you...GSM has 64 feeder slots...in my mind not the right machine for you...if I had something for you I might be a little pushy myself...we make machines for exactly what you need but I think your expectations of price and w
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 09 11:54:52 EST 2009 | gregp
Unfortunately that is what new machines cost. When spending that kind of money you need to select a supplier that will give you top notch support. As for auctions my advice is stay away. I recently bought some machines we manufactured on an aucti
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 10 17:23:51 EST 2009 | gregcr
GSM's are only 500 to register with UIC. There are a ton of GSMI's around. We have always run chipshooters with GSM's and now the new Advantis machines from UIC. GSM's are very accurate, but a bit of a pain if your running lots of chips (thus we r
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 08:52:15 EST 2009 | ppminc
Quad is a very economical solution for you. We bought the rights to build the "c" series machines from Tyco. We have a contract to support Tyco parts for their existing customers & in return they support us on the labor side to do installs, training,
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 12:29:36 EST 2009 | mikesewell
Regarding more info on equipment - what you need is driven by your product and process requirements and tolerance for rework, labor amt, operator dependencies ..etc. EMPF offers a bootcamp for circuit card assembly, SMT mag publishes SMT 101 guide t
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 20 07:18:59 EST 2009 | jeffreyj
Thanks for the rare vote of confidence, tpappano! ;) Were you able (did you even try?) to get the broker to commit in writing that the machine was in running condition? I also agree that the machine will pay for itself very quickly, especially give
