Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 21 02:11:58 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Hi Joseph It is not clear what you want us to comment on, however I will take a shot. 1. If the boards you are assembling are expensive it may make sense to strive for 50ppm. 2. If the boards are not very expensive, in my experience you would be
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 07 14:23:13 EST 2006 | CL
Hello bpeach, We purchased a Mirtec for our first AOI machine after a side by side comparison of three different manufacturers. The Mirtec proved to be far superior to the others that we had looked at. Initially, the intention of the AOI was to prov
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 15:06:32 EST 2010 | rway
I would go with AOI. Reasons are: --AOIs are faster --They have more coverage. Given, you cannot test the value of components, but the AOI will ensure that all resistors are correct, orientation of ICs are proper and components are present on the
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 23 10:31:46 EST 2014 | jimpat
Sounds like your volumes are pretty low. Pick and Place is the bottleneck in the assembly line. Consider an oven that can keep up with the throughput of your P&P. "The best" is determined on individual cases for a specific application and enviro
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 17:32:51 EST 2016 | billthebuilder
We do High Mix, Low Volume and are looking for the best inline AXI with the criteria of industry-leading automation capabilities. The abilities to program offline, automatic conveyor width adjustment and board alignment are important to us. We want t
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 21 16:50:10 EDT 2019 | emeto
Hello, I've done it before in Excel and it is a very simple concept. Inputs are board size, numbers of SMT and TH process sides, number of SMT and TH placements per side, boards per panel and quantity of boards to be produced. Output will be calcul
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 00:49:37 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Well...I think we just about beat this one to death, but I'll go ahead and add a couple more points to "pro-score" camp...WITH the caveat that it HAS to be done right! Yes, I will say that I've had to deal with the wrong spec'd or crappy scor
Electronics Forum | Fri May 09 00:59:36 EDT 2003 | kenBliss
Hi HERMAN I did not see any financial opinions so I thought I would offer one. The goal of the company is to make money, how you achieve that has many variables. Buying new equipment when the existing will do the job costs big money, provided the
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 04:47:29 EST 2000 | Dean
Hey Sal. Requests I typically receive from management stay just that - requests! Maby its just me but unless you have a single line capable of full double sided capability (printer, P&P, flipper (inverter), printer, P&P, reflow oven) the extra trou
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 16 12:31:36 EST 2000 | Stefan Witte
Hi Willem, you may be better off to study the archives of Universities. I know that at least the Universities in Berlin, Munich and Georgia Tech here in Atlanta are studying the manufacturing process on SMT lines. I was once exposed to a quite compli
