Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 18 14:46:11 EST 2001 | CAL
Some key data is needed 1) how often does the HS 50 machines run? 24/7? 2)How many placements are being performed? I know for a fact Siemens Siplace S/F platforms require weekly preventative maintenance. Knowing the sophistication of the HS platform
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 12 19:48:47 EDT 2010 | bootstrap
I like what you're doing. 20 years ago anyone, hobbyists and tiny garage-shop companies could create electronics devices just as sophisticated and cool as big corporations. Today, SMT has largely trashed the creativity (and competition) that existe
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 12 19:18:34 EDT 2008 | arminski
Hi davef, couple of questions: clarifying costing of direct labor against overhead cost: an operator loading PCB onto the reflow oven is a direct cost, how about the reflow process time of the PCB while travelling inside the reflow, is that an ove
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 07:22:17 EDT 2008 | davef
Not sure what software you have, but somehow you must be accumulating costs by process and you probably know [or can figure-out] how many boards you processed. From this, you can calculate a standard cost of a process. Continuing, there is a thread,
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 10 15:15:17 EDT 2009 | indity
I have very little knowledge of pick and place machines or assembly, and was hoping someone could give me some advice of where to start looking. I do learn quickly so I am not afraid of challenges or learning through mistakes. I need to produce abou
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 18 22:22:43 EDT 2009 | comatose
Assuming you want to run 8 hours a day and 5 days a week, you need a sustained throughput of 2.5k components per hour. With fine pitch, futzing around, setup, etc you should really look for machines rated in the 4k to 5k per hour range. That's not sc
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 30 20:32:37 EDT 2010 | davef
So let's see, Cost of Ownership = [[Equipment cost + Setup]+[Operating costs]] / [Yield*Throughput*Utilization], where 'Operating costs' include: chemicals, water, electricity, DI tanks, filters, recycling costs, etc.
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 18 08:50:15 EST 2014 | cbeneat
All of your maintenance costs, grease, filters etc. on a scheduled basis.
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 21:08:11 EDT 2004 | davef
Danny: Beyond the US$40k that you mention for the machine, how much money should be budgeted for: * Facilities cost for spray room contruction, venting / filtration, fire proofing, etc? * Operating costs, such as training, maintenance, operation, et
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 18 11:41:02 EST 2014 | jimmyboz
Tools, installation rigging, and training.
