Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 28 14:49:45 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Where can I get information on analyzing the pros and cons of setting up a SMT line. I would also like to find information on what equipment is needed, manpower, cost, lead-times. | thanks | Ah Joann, The first thing you must know is don't trus
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 08 11:49:44 EST 1998 | Dave F
All Y'All: A recent (10/98) article in "Circuits Assembly" magazine touted the use batch cleaners using a aqueous alcohol solvent. Reported benefits of this approach were: 1 Better use of floor space 2 Ability to develop custom recipes 3 Ability
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 14:33:02 EST 1998 | Dave F
1. What is your minimum dross generated that triggers you to procure an SRS? Your finance department probably has guidelines for the pay back of capital investments. Some companies use period of time to break-even. Others use a net present value
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 17 15:20:41 EST 1998 | Dave F
| I am interseted in an entry level placement machine and looking for opinions and advice on manufacturers. My present line, an MPI-580 just became obsolete due to a bankruptcy situation! I need to place BGA and 20 mil fine pitch, speed is not too
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 09:14:02 EST 1998 | Jim McCarten
Mydata and Contact Systems make good machines, but the QSV from Quad has more feeders space, a better smart feeder systems and works much better as an in-line system. Although Mydata and Contact can put their machines in-line, the cost is substantia
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 02:59:02 EST 1998 | Jeff Sanchez
| I'm trying to find a source for a tilt device for use when doing touch-up soldering. Employee needs to raise the board above standard bench height for better access to the board and for better posture. Angle of the tilt device should be adjustabl
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 09:57:37 EST 1998 | Dave
I completely agree with what Dave said previously about the trimming process. I spent the first 6 months at my current job removing this process from our assembly floor. We had several problems with the process including: 1) "flags" from the leads
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 19 21:34:00 EDT 1998 | Peter
Jim, We purchased the SMTech 500 printer that was shown at Nepcon this past spring. We are very happy with the machine's performance and their service was excellent when it was SMTech. There are still minor software bugs that we are encountering bu
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 09 14:01:24 EDT 1998 | Bob Barr
Charles, I am using an Air-Vac PCBRM12 to selectively solder a 96 pin thru-hole connector onto an otherwise all SMT board. Cost is $8.6K plus about $300 per flow well (nozzle.) Went from a 6 minute cycle to hand solder the connector to 15 seconds o
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 07 10:34:30 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| We are considering a new free service here at smtnet, Web Email. This would allow users to keep their personal email address's private, while we make users use the smtnet address when there are required email fields in forms. When a user registers
