Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 14 16:58:12 EST 2018 | cbart
you would be best to get this from your paste/solder manufacture. but here are some rules of thumb: -Solder paste out of fridge before use - get out the night before needed.. don't let your op's warm on the oven!! you will regret that! if not over ni
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 19 09:41:30 EDT 2017 | sumote
Steve, The 4 things I would do, and in this order: 1. Clean your stencil with stencil cleaner wipes after it comes out of the stencil cleaner. I like MicroCare ProClean (MCC-PROWR). I will even saturate the wipe with a bit of isopropal just till
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 10 07:30:19 EDT 2017 | spoiltforchoice
TBH I think perhaps the OP deserved it, there is perfectly good explanation of Reflow and Process Window Index on Wikipedia for starters and if you want more all sorts of FREE specialist papers on things like reflowing flex circuit, lead/lead free et
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 04:02:40 EST 2017 | spoiltforchoice
"I would expect that any intelligent feeder > enabled machine would pull the correct part no > matter where it is placed on the machine (not > forced by the program)" > > this is true, but you > have to tradeoff the setup time vs production > t
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 18 17:46:10 EDT 2018 | spoiltforchoice
You've got (to my mind) 3 wholly different classes of machine there. Essemtec is upper entry level maker that is increasingly differentiating itself from the competing machines in its class by focusing on 3d assembly/dispensing options. The Puma als
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 28 21:13:11 EDT 2018 | stephenj37824
So lots of quotes and research later we have eliminated a few added a few to our choices lol. So it looks like we will be doing a decent volume now (due to our other board supplier letting us down as well). Roughly 4-5 million leds/connectors per mon
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 18 08:27:46 EDT 2018 | spoiltforchoice
They visited our factory once bringing the desktop variant with them quite a while ago (~8 years perhaps when they were still called something else). At the time it was an FAI machine first and foremost with some "AOI like" features that perhaps o
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 26 22:48:45 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
> > why not get an older essemtec or neoden? > I <BR> > believe both run on 110V. > <BR> <BR> Thanks so much for the > Essemtec hint! Their Fox 1 really looks like it > suits my needs! 18 mm compon
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 11 16:20:49 EDT 2020 | kumarb
Hi. My 2 bits...from your list, we have had communication with Seamark and our experience so far has been very positive. We are reviewing to purchase one of their BGA rework systems, primarily from the video on youtube showing Louis Rossman running o
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 10 05:23:17 EST 2021 | karl_willoughby
Hello. I am sourcing machines for an SMT line (for the first time) and would like to understand features of current and earlier model SPI and AOI machines. In the intended application, a high volume of PCAs aren't required to be processed but there
