Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 24 04:08:21 EST 2006 | Rob
I think most of the european PCB assemblers will be ready, however taking it further to retail stocks & waste disposal is another matter. Checking the stats of our parent company (a component distributor) 97% of all components shipped are ROHS compl
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 09 09:35:23 EDT 2007 | davef
IPC-1720A Assembly Qualification Profile Developed by the OEM council of the IPC, IPC-1720 categorized an electronic assembly manufacturer's capabilities and supplies the OEM customer with detailed, substantive information. IPC-1720A.dot http://ww
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 01 11:51:05 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
With the rising cost of lead-free, reliability and many other issues I�m sure �it� will get some serious reviews by OEM�s. Comparing this technology with leaded soldering I agree with you Chunks. But it sure does make a whole lot more sense than lea
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 07 13:31:29 EST 2011 | rway
So are you more concerned with cleaning the board than fixing the issue? Are you employed by the OEM? If so, your main concern should be to eliminate the cause of the contamination which sounds like it's coming from the board house. But if you are
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 01 11:27:34 EST 2002 | kenBliss
Gimme a break I am rather disappointed with many of the comments here. Most appear to think that the OEM should supply what ever is needed and when ever it is needed and not charge for it or just do it cheap. Or you think they overcharge for it.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 16 20:55:49 EDT 2002 | lysik
I do think that people should have to pay a registration fee. It costs a lot of money to run a company like Universal. R&D, help dest etc. They deserve to turn a profit. I also think Universal makes great machines. I am probably their biggest fan. So
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 01 18:00:19 EDT 2002 | stefwitt
I guess we can only speculate about the outcome of this recession. By shifting manufacturing to China, we also transfer technology and know how. If just the market of telecommunication takes off, boards of the latest technology ( flip chip, wafer fe
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 02 19:07:45 EST 2002 | stefwitt
The small shop starting with a used machine and grow larger was not the target market of the OEM, I used to work for. This may sound harsh, but the cost of selling and servicing the equipment to a small shop is comparable much higher than to the Moto
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 12 14:34:50 EDT 2003 | Steve
Varied opinions on this thread spread faster than wild-fire. First, I must say that analogies to auto dealers are a bit flawed. Business to Consumer is one thing. Business to Business is a completely different ballgame . . . no sense of comparing t
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 04 00:44:56 EDT 2003 | Dean
I recently installed some used capital equipment for a major multi-national corporation. I was blown away by their penny-pinching, micro thinking attitudes of how they felt their 2nd or 3rd hand purchase should be supported directly by the OEM. T
