Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 08:06:00 EST 2004 | no gel pig fan
I would definately try to sell the bosses on the Grid-lok over the gel piggies. We evaluated both and wound up buying the Gel (for close to the same money). On an MPM if you put enough gel packs in the vacuum box (to support the board) it holds the b
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 12 21:37:04 EST 2005 | KEN
How thick is this pallet? 6mm, 8mm, 10mm? I would look at: Make sure you're pot height is correct (lead clearance). If you are burrying the pallet in the fountain, your going to "push" a large volume away. The solder "push" should not plow over t
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 24 12:27:20 EST 2005 | dougt
At the risk of siding with gregp....... I like how this machine looks http://www.contactsystems.com/C5s.htm Rather than read about this machine from people who have never used it I would like to have someone who has seen it run please give an hones
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 25 15:43:47 EST 2005 | TM
We are high mix low volume company and we use a MYDATA TP9. Very good machine that can place 0402's effectively. Issues we've had include: Maintenance - It is an older machine so, it has needed a little more than I care for. Cost of Feeders and Maga
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 06 15:38:39 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, I think we would get a jam up every hundred parts or so, and it's worse in cover tape that's glued down. The problem is the Agillis feeders push the cover tape to the side, which works ok on 8mm tapes, but on wider 12 and 16 mm tapes it's a nigh
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 31 16:59:22 EST 2005 | frankracine
Hi Jay, Concerning you PCB, what TG do you expect to use for your lead free process? On my side I have a problem. I order PCB from Canada and from China. My PCB vendor in china is producing a lot of OSP and ENIG PCB, no HASL lead free and in Cana
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 24 22:28:57 EST 2005 | davef
In addition to the potential problems you mentioned, add: * Barrel cracking of PTH and via. * Lifted pads. * Warped boards. And the reason you're not using a solder fountain to to solder this connector is? Or use an old trick we've done here on SMT
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 01 14:47:48 EST 2005 | cabjerk
Hi: We started many years ago with totes on shelves 30 reels per side. Then we moved to 12" shelving with reel boxes. 5 reels per box. It was cheap and each was a single location. Great for finding and decrease cycle time in finding parts. Our wh
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 04 15:22:17 EST 2005 | russ
Glad to hear a little success from ya Duckmann! i have stenciled mask in the past and I can tell you that stencils are expensive. They are basically a step stencil, you will need full thickness for the area(s) you are going to apply mask and you wi
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 04 17:19:31 EST 2005 | davef
Mrduckmann2000: Why do you want to do this? * Removing a non-washable / peelable temporary solder resist [TSR] is going become very tedious, because they do not release well from small / tight / isolated features. * Clay from washable resists will
