Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 17:41:18 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi, Gee David F is as bad or as good as me on a bad day. Boy can I get mad... "new information" Many of these defects have been around so dang long and seem to get recycled as the latest rage and the newest of new information in technical articles
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 14 15:03:15 EDT 2005 | slthomas
In that the machine times out and waits for a feeder refill and doesn't just skip that part and leave the space empty, it's not a defect. I have found 500ppm *fairly* easily attained in SMT depending on the board mix and how you define (1) a defect,
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 15:21:54 EST 2014 | warwolf
We process an average of 300 units per batch with spikes to 750, we can sustain about two to three people populating to maintain good quality/throughput. Part placement is broken up equally to reduce operator stress(usually a limit of 5 different pa
Electronics Forum | Wed May 22 10:27:33 EDT 2002 | stefwitt
Fiducial recognition on the Siemens machine works like the Mydata. Once you select this option, fiducials will be recognized when a new program is send. You can also select recognition as part of the feeder refill function mode. There is no automatic
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 02 10:06:28 EST 2007 | oldsmtdude
Agilent SP50 rocks for continuous improvement and pass-fail efforts. You'll see variation you never imagined you had prior. But be aware you absolutely have to monitor data and tweak your processes to improve results. Do not jump in and try and use
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 14 23:34:43 EDT 2001 | uk boy
I studied in the UK, so I am not sure about the US educational system. My mate studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology and he is a much smarter than me so I guess you Yanks are doing something right! ;-) I agree mostly with davef. Theory
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 24 14:23:53 EDT 1998 | Cunli Jia @ SMTnet
Dave, Greg, and All, Thank you for the comment. As you know, we do think we are the best and we owe our reputation to you, our visitors. We will continue to improve the site with more features and ease of use. One thing is for sure, we can always
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 06 10:41:35 EST 2012 | PB
We own two KISS 305 machines from ACE. Extremely happy with the machine. More so, with thier support. The support is the best from any vendor I deal with which is a critical part of our operations. Another thing is thier continuing R & D work. They
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 17 17:34:26 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Has any anyone established / published quality standards for BGA solder joints? Is IPC-A-610 in process of adding standards for BGAs? | The debate continues. I have felt for some time a maximum 20% voiding is allowable under certain conditions (w
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 07:16:46 EDT 2010 | deanm
We are a small company of 110 people and I am the only manufacturing engineer. We have "work cells", but they are not time balanced like a true work cell would be; they are a group of primarily benches arranged to build a particular product(s). More
