Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 14:37:23 EDT 2003 | davef
Steve: Thanks for all your contributions to SMTnet. It just goes to show that geologists aren't as bad as they say. Since we can't pillage your office as you're walking out the door, before you leave, would you send all those design standards that
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 04 00:07:46 EDT 2003 | Dean
" few software bugs"....many software bugs. May I remind you of version 6.10, 6.32 and the still-born 6.34!!! MPM has worked very hard to repair these, though it has taken some time. I have 5 machines from the SM Tech era, mpm500 and mpm1500 era (v
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 10 19:24:53 EDT 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi SMTAnet, SMTnet, You already got good answers for how to go forward. I believe that this 50mils is a remnant of the days when we started at 125 mil grids and started the process of going down to 100mil grids, SMT. My gosh who would ever want a 1
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 23 06:58:38 EDT 2003 | chrissieneale
Help! We currently use out SMT for pretty much one-off's. we use BGA's and complex board designs and it looks good to say it's been SMT'd. We are now looking to take on a project (a one off project) that would move our production up from 1 to about 2
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 29 22:41:42 EST 2003 | msimkin
Our design team have got a problem. We need to either drill out 6 vias/pads for a BGA site, or remove the solder balls form the BGA before they are palced. ( std eutectic) Has anyone used a vendor to remove balls from BGA (0.75mm piutch, ball size ap
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 03 23:32:15 EST 2003 | Grant Petty
Hi, Does anyone know of some good software for managing component consumption in manufacturing and keeping track of what products use what components, and the consumption rates over time. This lets us forward plan component orders for future product
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 25 15:57:27 EST 2003 | tdurston
I've got lots of questions: 1.- What kind of support are you seeking? - Web URLs, books, technical advice, etc?? 2.- What is the scope of your project - an audio system can be small or huge? 3.- What are your technical specifications (watts per chann
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 26 10:46:45 EST 2003 | caldon
For a general rough rule of thumb I use Practical Components for programming our machines. Practical has a nice layout of most Tape and Reel components and sizes. We use this mostly for tape/ feeder allocation. But for QC, Specs, and Other Stuff we
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 16 23:57:58 EST 2003 | Grant Petty
Hi, Thanks for the feedback, and this has been helpful. Still not sure what we are going to get yet though. We are based in Australia, so it's also dependent on local support. This can be a problem, because when everything is going ok, all the sal
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 23 06:00:36 EST 2003 | Grant Petty
Hi, I am now looking at a DEK as an option, and might raise our budget for this to about $150K. I am not sure which model to look at. We want to do 0201 reliably, and so we need accuracy, but we would also like to get vision inspection so we can let
