Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 11:06:11 EDT 2004 | stefwitt
At least the few people left in this industry should make a stink, why all these jobs went to China and take efforts to get them back. If I take a typical line, which can do 20,000 components an hour, costs $ 200,000, a board with 50 different compon
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 18:51:16 EST 2005 | primus
The operators use SET SEQ and SET SEG. I know all about getting these wrong, because if you forget the "Q" or the "G" you get SET SE which is SET SENSOR. That REALLY messes up our BEC! But then again, I believe our BECs are all calibrated wrong anywa
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 25 02:25:32 EDT 2005 | Mike Konrad
The issue of using ultrasonic technology for post reflow de-fluxing presents challenges in two categories: Controversial: Although there are recent studies that indicate acceptance with ultrasonic technology on populated assemblies, there remains si
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 11:45:18 EST 2006 | patrickbruneel
Noah 2005 In the year 2005, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, �Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every liv
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 21 22:52:44 EDT 2006 | SD
I've been using an Omrom machine for over 5 years now. I have mixed feelings about it. It has paid for itself many times over, but it needs constant tweaking. Constant tweaking is something I believe all AOI machines need, but the way our system wo
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 24 18:07:25 EST 2006 | Chris
Flash gold is just thin gold plating over electroless nickel or electrolytic nickel. Flash gold is electrolytic gold where the panel is connected to a plating rectifier and current causes the plating process to occur. Gold thickness is controlled b
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 07:31:14 EDT 2006 | slaine
Saw this and thought you may find it amusing. How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how t
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 19 21:06:09 EDT 2006 | mika
Hi all, At our Fuji CP-6 machines we place a lot of 0402:s, 0603:s and 0805:s chip capacitors. Our problem is that the height of the components can sometime be very extreme from different vendors. I am sure you all have experience of this phenomenon
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 01 22:58:31 EST 2006 | davef
Durastone is commonly used in flooring. Durostone is a proprietary product of R�chling Permali Composites SA [be aware this is a French company] that many use for reflow and SMT process pallets. Suppliers are: * R�chling Permali Composites SA; Canog
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 09 09:51:14 EST 2006 | pvasquez
Hello Lou, As a high-mix low-to-mid volume manufacturer, you will need to concentrate on equipment that may be progammed very easily, with very quick debug time from assembly to assembly. I have worked with Agilent in the past, and one of my collea
