Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 15:24:10 EDT 2002 | Alan W.
I have recently signed onto a company with very little board assembly experience. I am trying to develop a process control and continuous process improvement program for a new surface mount line, but have run into several people who are not really i
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 15:24:29 EDT 2002 | Alan W.
I have recently signed onto a company with very little board assembly experience. I am trying to develop a process control and continuous process improvement program for a new surface mount line, but have run into several people who are not really i
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 17:27:02 EST 2001 | jollyrodger
HELP...... I have recently taken on the post of line technician at my place of work. I require as much information as you can give me on all SMT processes. We work with Fuji CP643E, Philips FCM, Dek 265, Universal GSM, BTU Paragon ovens. All infor
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 13 15:21:25 EDT 2005 | mmjm_1099
Thats called technician syndrome (fine when your there and bad when you walk away). Is someone inspecting the board before reflow? If so make sure they don't touch it and run about 5 boards and see if it's consistent for placement. What type of pro
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 11 22:43:50 EST 2006 | KEN
Hey Sr. Tech. Before you get crazy with changing the process or chemistry I would first verify you are using the correct mix ratio. A refractometer can be a useful tool in these cases. I have seen this in the past where the maintenance technician
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 18 12:06:03 EDT 2022 | dsmith
During the initialization process, the table will make small movements up and down, and occasionally go all the way up and back down again, then continue to bounce up and down maybe an inch of travel, it never completes initializing. I wasn't operati
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 04 10:32:10 EDT 2018 | dleeper
At an EMS I used to work for, our process for first article inspection was to have a human technician do a point to point comparison between the BOM and the PCB. They would verify component part #s were correct per the location, correct polarity and
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 10 13:52:58 EDT 2001 | davef
When you say that glue viscosity changes for lot to lot, is this LOT TO LOT of your product OR Loctite�s product? And when you say that glue viscosity changes, what do you mean [eg, increase by � , decrease by � , er watt?]. What specifically is th
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 29 23:15:14 EST 2004 | Ken
I have found that during the interviewing process you need to include your technical staff to get to the nuts-and-bolts of what your looking for. Plus, team involvement spreads the responsibility for selecting the "right" candidate. Recently duri
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 05 00:27:54 EDT 1999 | Dean
| | | To you all for comment and summary, | | | | | | The following things I like without endorsing (PCB/PCBA stuff - outside the great women in my life [many] and without [mostly]): | | | | | | 1) A good set of design rules | | | 2) A good set of
