Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 10:08:27 EDT 2002 | cnoonan
I want feedback from people that currently have these machines or that I have worked with them in recent years. No Quad reps please, although your opinion may be valuable it may be bias to Quad. Here are a few areas of good points and bad point I w
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 09:08:13 EDT 2002 | darryl
I have a Quad QSP-2 for 5 years and I have had no problems with it. We run it 16 hours per day 6 days a week. Software is good. Service is excellent Quadcare is expensive. The only drawback that I see is tapefeeder repeatability. Seems that the p
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 10:27:18 EDT 2002 | BTaylor
I have used Quad/ Now Tyco since the early 90s starting with the 4c then on to the QSA-30s, APS-1, and now the Meridian 1010. We have six machines in a very small area and place over 10 million components per month. As others have said the service is
Electronics Forum | Thu May 02 12:32:29 EDT 2002 | jmathis
Hello, BUY Juki! Trust me on this one, I have experinced both and I may change careers if I find out I'm going to support another Quad line. There is a reason why that company struggles every year. Quad is not in the same market with the Fuji and
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 11:46:29 EDT 2002 | tombr
Howdy Netter's I was talking with my Paste and Flux Supplier about concerns of conforaml coating over "No-Clean" flux. Supplier informs me that this should not be a problem, but I wanted to poll the industry. 1. Does anyone here conformal coat ove
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 26 09:32:22 EDT 2002 | blnorman
We conformally coat over NC solder paste. No problems. We're using a platinum catalyzed addition cure silicone. The only concern with this conformal coating is cure inhibition. You must test the coating over the residues to be sure there is no in
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 25 18:32:25 EDT 2002 | Shawn
What he is talking about when he said "foil" is the top and bottom side of the board has a layer that is like a ground plane with no solder resist covering it. It is etched out around the pads that no not need a connection and have a small bride or t
Electronics Forum | Mon May 06 10:55:30 EDT 2002 | Eric Miller
I am looking for anyone who may have information > on adjustable reflow pallets. Could you please > provide a supplier and contact. My dilema is that > during an initial NPI build the PCB's may not > arrive with rail adds. I need a way to transfe
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 26 12:35:05 EDT 2002 | blnorman
Sounds like the mask wasn't properly cured. What kind of solder mask is it? We use a photoimageable mask on our boards. The secondary cure is ~ 90 minutes @ 150�C. One of the cured mask tests is solder bath resistance where it has to resist degra
Electronics Forum | Tue May 21 13:43:17 EDT 2002 | dougt
With regards to feeders handling 0201's, how does this feeder (as well as other manufacturers feeders) keep the pick position accurate? The feeders I've used have some play between the tape and the sprocket, enough so that if I tug at the cover tape
