Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 15 17:50:30 EST 2008 | stevek
Creating a sound tin nickel intermetalic takes a bit more energy than other finishes (such as copper or tin). You can achieve wetting, but not have a viable intermetalic. You should cross section some intact boards from that process and see what th
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 15:00:12 EST 2008 | mulder0990
Reading the original post.. Floyd, do you remember the old overhead projectors back before we had the new fancy video projectors? Just get a clear sheet of that plastic and print your outline on that. Put that sheet over the stencil and presto, you
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 08:17:32 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Steve, KIC does. The new KIC2000 has built in dwell time sensors. You can buy KIC's wavesurfer option (like MOLE's waverider), or you can engineer a custom pallet for 1/3 the price. I made a custom pallet and took advantage of the KIC's automatic
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 21:23:38 EST 2008 | daxman
you can purchase a license from Fuji to be able to directly import CAD data. It's the fastest and most accurate way that I am aware of. Also, it gives you the option to import the board outline as well as layers of the CAD so that you can see the s
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 02 11:20:53 EST 2008 | unisoft
Unisoft (www.unisoft-cim.com) has a of tools for converting gerber to manufacturing files (x/y center, rotation, part number, etc). please see Unisoft ProntoGERBER-CONNECTION software (www.unisoft-cim.com/gerber_connection.htm). contact # 203-913-0
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 19 15:24:31 EDT 2008 | operator
I appreciate the suggestions. I don't mean to hyjack this thread. I will try and get some time to look into this while you guys are around. I am knee deep in maintainence overhaul on a QSA-30 right now. Vac sensors not calibrated, oil in the vacuum g
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 17 20:50:34 EDT 2008 | keithej2
SMT Research has offered to sell us 0.4mm nozzles for tests. Even if the camera worked with the nozzles and parts (which I doubt) I don't think the CP4 has the x-y accuracy to place 0201s well. We'll see, they are ordering the nozzles, test parts and
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 02 15:55:04 EDT 2008 | boardhouse
See if you can find someone with an XRF machine or talk to your Current Board house they probably have this equiptment if they run ENIG or Silver finishes. I would stop in with some boards your having issues with and have them measure the thickness.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 01 12:12:43 EDT 2008 | jdengler
On our machine we have found that some IC's require a different light for inspection based on the manufacturer. Have you tried other lighting options? You may need to talk to the AOI manufacturer to see if there is something the machine may be able
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 01 12:52:34 EDT 2008 | pstone
Thanks for the insight. Most boards we are seeing problems with are 1.60mm thick (some less) and most of them are panelized. For your support pins what do you use to show operators where the pins should be setup? I have heard of using Plexiglas to m
