Electronics Forum | Wed May 31 20:07:56 EDT 2017 | juliefarrell
Hi, My name is Julie Farrell and I work with ICAPE Group. We have 35 manufacturing partners in China. Our niche is HMLV, which makes us very competitive on pricing in this industry. We do have the ability for high volume rework. I look forward to h
Electronics Forum | Thu May 19 12:49:14 EDT 2016 | rx8pilot
Tom Nisbet from PPM contacted me on the phone yesterday to help me understand the various feeder options for small parts. Fantastic surprise phone call that was inspired by this thread. I explained my business strategy and financial restrictions an
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 03 09:11:02 EDT 2016 | sumote
I had this long post typed up and then I re-read your post. No used equipment? Like others have said, your budget could could easily be swallowed up by 1 piece of equipment. I would work with your Program Manager at your "assembly partner". You nee
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 08 01:30:02 EST 2017 | nikkilouie
Im having trouble with and Ekra x5 machine. It > works fine when up being run constantly, but if > it sits for 10-15 minutes when you try to move > the Y table to the front of the machine it makes > a loud sound as if the table is hitting/catchin
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 16 08:52:38 EDT 2016 | emeto
I see your point and I know you can make this machines run, but it doesn't change the fact that when you need them most they will let you down. It is almost impossible to find spare parts for some of them, as they are no longer supported. If you have
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 24 22:11:36 EDT 2016 | davef
I'd guess that "black pad" is not the issue that you need to address, because only 2 of your 5 test points has the problem that we seem to be discussing. I'd expect "black pad" problems to be more wide spread. Something is going on at those two locat
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 21 23:06:51 EDT 2016 | adamjs
Water washable no-clean flux Hrm, I have not heard of paste that is both of these things (water-wash and no-clean-safe) at the same time, at least not as a solder paste vehicle. Does Kester make one? Can you recommend a particular product (prefer
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 29 16:20:57 EDT 2016 | davef
"ALPHA® EF-2210 is VOC-free, halide-free, rosin/resin-free, low solids no-clean flux which provides the highest activity of any VOC-free Bellcore SIR compliant flux for defect-free soldering. "[2016 Alpha Assembly Solutions] I assume that you're tal
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 25 08:22:41 EDT 2016 | bobpan
If I have to guess then I would say the machine is first picking up a larger nozzle to pick up this part.....the nozzle is not seating on the z-rod correctly and causing a problem. Check to make sure the nozzle is being mounted correctly. You may als
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 13 10:00:27 EDT 2016 | awhite
Switched out the mech. relay on the board loader, no change. Same behavior. Could not find a mech. relay on the printer... SMEMA wiring appears go directly to a PCB. And it is at that point that I run out of talent. If the machine weren't dedicate
