Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 30 13:52:34 EDT 2009 | davef
Thoughts are: * 215-220 temperature at the leads is not real hot for leaded assembly. * It's peculiar for component leads to dewet. Sometimes non-wetting occurs along the edge of the lead where the lead is not plated. * How do the leads of a removed
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 10 16:05:27 EDT 2009 | dilogic
I would if someone can share his "real-life" experience with FlexJet (7-spindle) heads. We are currently running machines with Flex heads (4-spindle), which are very easy to maintain, but I suppose 7-spindle has more throughput. All comments are welc
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 05 10:02:54 EST 2009 | swag
You can buy a couple of conveyors for loading and unloading machine or a real half aced way is to jump SMEMA cable pins with tweezers to get boards in and out. With that method, you could end up with one on the floor at some point with a smashed, de
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 07:42:57 EST 2010 | scottp
As engineers who are supposed to deal in facts, we don't do our credibility any good by speculating to try to bolster our cause. I'm waiting anxiously for someone to blame the earthquake in Haiti on Pb free. There are plenty of real issues with Pb
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 26 10:39:03 EST 2010 | patrickbruneel
A recalled Toyota Corolla went straight through the front door of a home in Georgia. Pretty much like the professor simulated but in real life. This was a recalled vehicle so evidently the pedal theory might be incorrect. http://www.cnn.com/video/
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 08 14:54:39 EDT 2010 | davef
We can make the numbers come-out looking impressive either way. In real life, our sense is: fully burdened, it is a little less expensive to use a contractor. Now, we're only talking costs. Non-cost factors often end-up putting on the brakes and t
Electronics Forum | Mon May 03 17:14:36 EDT 2010 | stepheniii
If I remember correctly the best solution was to turn the shuttle off. I don't think we ever found any real benefit to using the shuttle. On some machines a shuttle is great but IRCC not so much on this one. Do some time trials to see if using the sh
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 10 20:39:02 EDT 2010 | ada
T962's have a great reputation for cold spots, non-RoHS capable, and catching on fire. however, one can't argue that they are quite inexpensive! The T200's can be had for ~$2k and are apparently not too bad. See this thread for some first hand accou
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 11:02:18 EDT 2010 | davef
Corrosion of soldering equipment!!! That would be the least of our concerns. Propyl Bromide has a flash point of 21*C [70*F]. It's not real stable. It's flammable. It's ready to go at room temperature. Have someone else operate those machines an
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 27 14:41:36 EDT 2010 | namruht
The machine sees the nozzles and thinks that the part is there. The lighting on the machine is in desperate need of an upgrade. Constently having to tweak the GF's to get components to pass vision. We share a line computer between 2 lines and the cam
