Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 07 15:33:02 EST 2013 | mleber
Below are a few photos of an ongoing issue we are having with 1 pwb style. Some of the pads appear to have contamination that appears after the selective solder step. The joints are extremely hard to rework - almost impossible. We had the joints anal
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 17 03:23:14 EST 2014 | aemery
A UP500 Wow! I did work on one last year. Most left out there are labeled QUAD AVX500's, then Speedline bought Sigmaprint and it became a UP500. But you get the MPM sigpro software with the Speedline machine; they didn't build to many. It was used
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 12 12:44:45 EST 2013 | jaimebc
Just to add to Chad's response, there is box that you need to check in the program editor, ours is under the colum soldering unit one, click on the icon at the bottom, you should now be able to see a box " fix horizontal permanently". Check this box
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 12 03:12:37 EST 2014 | alexeis
Hi, Solution of the ASM / Siemens is nice but in terms of the display of the results is quite limited and sometimes difficult to define. Our clients built (some of them with our help) separate software takes the data from the machine (the database)
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 14 14:09:06 EST 2014 | marcpeo
In general the chains don't need to be heated to 400 deg C for cleaning. In other words, most of the fluxes and constituents in the paste don't collect on the chain and gum it up. Bottom line: the heat treatment is not needed for 95% of the users.
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 19 06:16:53 EST 2014 | cunningham
Yeh due to the solvents in the coatings im guessing there is a health and safety risk. Solvent stripping is a lengthy process for the coatings we use and usually means submerging the whole board so not local to the rework. We have a booth with ioni
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 03 15:14:58 EST 2015 | stevezeva
This is a late reply, but from my experience a really good removal station is one made by a company called CCRCo. They make a micro-abrasive station that addresses all the ESD concerns. They utilize a reusable media that is really cost effective. The
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 19 13:38:09 EST 2014 | jsmorse
Are there any tricks to cleaning a stepped stencil while in use. There seems to always be paste left behind around the recesses of the stencil. We have tried many different wipe combinations and don't seem to be having much luck with it. The machi
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 12:14:04 EST 2014 | fredcalkins
One thing to be certain on the spring action of your tools is the direction of travel. With the new black tools the tube can seem normal but the slider is retracted instead of extended. This happens when pulling or installing tips. it is a very natu
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 20 17:26:14 EDT 2014 | dave222
I tried to check for the emitter and the receiver and I notice that the receiver is screwed into the side of the head and not easily accessible so I decide not to mess with it. this is what I did. I activated all of the clutches for the spindles an