Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 09:53:13 EDT 2019 | kylehunter
Hey all! As background, I recently purchased a full SMT line for my company. We have a DEK 265, an assembleon opal xii, and a Heller 1500. Currently our jobs are leaded, and the heller is working perfectly. An upcoming job that we are potentially g
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 17:38:27 EDT 2019 | rgduval
Not swapping out feeders....swapping out magazines. It only works well if you have enough extra mags to load all the feeders on. And is a viable solution if your position limited on your machine. Before the advent of Aegis feeders for My machine
Electronics Forum | Thu May 25 18:58:49 EDT 2000 | Mukesh Lad
We are a tape and reel house,we use a variety of machines. If you are looking for low voulume, low cost and easy set up for you operators. I would look at Systemation MT-30, this is a good work-horse, I have used them for 10years for small runs, no
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 09:52:44 EST 1999 | Dave F
John: Three things: 1 You are correctamundo!!!! What's the difference between slopping alcohol on dirty boards and washing dirty boards? Clean boards!!!! By the time those very nice people get done with their alcohol cleaning (a nip for the boar
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 22 10:48:08 EDT 2005 | Rob
Cheers Greg, It's unusual to have such direct access to manufacturers & their opinions. I'll tell you what really does get us, and splicing doesn't work well on these occaisions - big SMD connectors, requiring deep pocket feeders. You only get m
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 23 09:25:46 EDT 2005 | Base
Hey Greg, As you already pointed out yourself: unless you can do away with covertape pickup-spools (or can figure out a way to empty them without loosing tension on the covertape) your feeders will not be suitable for several consecutive splices. S
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 07:07:17 EST 2007 | tk380514
Answers: The component does take solder, no problem We get a full barrel fill with an empty PCB but only on one of the holes, the other hole has so much copper around it. The flux reached the top of the PCB when I tested the empty PCB. The IPC-A-610
Electronics Forum | Wed May 25 17:58:07 EDT 2011 | rssimmons
The SimmScope is a first article inspection system that uses an overhead digital microsope on a motorized gantry to inspect the board - much like an AOI - except that it does not automatically make the pass/fail decisions. It is up to the operator to
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 20 13:39:08 EST 1999 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Clarissa, seems to be a real start up situation you are in. For the printing there is IMO no need to buy any sophisticated automatic-vision-alignment-self-cleaning-inline-and-more-machine. Features you need: - adjustable in X-,Y-,Z-axis (individu
Electronics Forum | Fri May 15 21:39:48 EDT 2015 | jlawson
Reflow.. 1.Rehm (Germany) - Best in Class Best overall process stability heating system ( Alot of makers have started to copy there VX heating arrangement ). COnveyor chains can be a bit more attention in terms of maintenance on rehm , but if foll
