Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 13 09:43:00 EDT 2011 | dyoungquist
A bit more information will help people give a more educated response. What size res/caps? Any fine pitch ICs? BGAs? Lead or lead free? What quantity of components and/or boards are you loading? Will it be high mix, low volume or lower mix, hig
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 23 14:52:10 EDT 2000 | Steve Thomas
Every forum I've ever frequented has been plagued with repeat questions. It's not just technical forums, either. Until someone creates a forum that funnels first time users DIRECTLY into the FAQ (and not just the ones about how the forum works)an
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 06 09:59:32 EDT 2005 | slthomas
Find out if you can separate the dehumidifier controls from the heating/cooling controls, without adding an air handler. Otherwise I think you'd need to add a dehumidifier that runs independantly. Don't forget that system capacity has to be rated fo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 16 04:16:11 EST 2008 | grantp
Hi, That's great, and I did not know this was possible, as I did not see that thread when I searched the archives. Do you know of any companies that take your board outline and will design a palette to hold it through the printing, smt loading and
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 03:56:30 EDT 2013 | pavel_murtishev
Davef, Thank you. I wonder if you have ever faced with concrete layer thickness selection for SMT shops? All I have found refers to metal treatment shops (primarily milling & drilling). 6" concrete is thick enough for them to stabilize milling machi
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 21 19:38:24 EST 1999 | dean
| Hello, | | I will be evaluating and qualifying two equipment types. The first is a fountain soldering device. I need practical advice on all the stuff you guys and gals know about as good, bad, ugly, best applications, setup, limitations, and all
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 21 20:22:02 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Hello, | | | | I will be evaluating and qualifying two equipment types. The first is a fountain soldering device. I need practical advice on all the stuff you guys and gals know about as good, bad, ugly, best applications, setup, limitations, an
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 13 00:45:15 EDT 2006 | donb
Haha, I have so many of these stories... where to start? My favourite was a few years back, we had a new mechanical engineer fresh out of university. As a part of his new role, he was purchasing tools & equipment for the maintenance workshop. After
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 30 00:51:10 EST 2007 | vinitverma
Here are the differences (Eclipse vs Eclipse II) Optimum Speed: 5000 vs 6500cph Feeder Positions (8mm) : 80 vs 94 PCB Loading Time : 4s vs 5.3s PCB Thickness : 0.6-3mm vs 0.5-4mm Max Component Size : 32mm vs 45mm (optional camera possible on Eclipse
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 13 19:44:02 EST 2008 | grantp
Hi, We need to solder a USB plug onto a PCB in our SMT machines, and this is the same type of plug you see on USB storage devices. It's a very flat connector with 4 SMT pins, however the hard part is the bottom of the connectors is the same level
