Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 11:11:21 EDT 2013 | northstarmfg
I would be looking at used or refurbished equipment with that budget. We had a similar budget a few years back and ended up purchasing a rebuilt pick & place machine. We have been extremely happy with the results Don't forget that you will need t
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 29 14:46:14 EDT 2021 | mishafockin
We currently have Yamaha/Assembleon Opal with heller 1800. I think we can start with just a printer and PnP. I am open to a refurb printer but would like to get a new PnP. I understand it costs a minifortune but working out bugs and lack of maintenan
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 04 19:17:37 EDT 2014 | andrespena
Hi (I don't know if this forum is the best place to post something like this, but I don't know of other places on the internet, so... sorry if I'm in the wrong place) Might there be an easier way to add components (e.g. computer chips) to a circuit
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 23:06:36 EDT 2014 | andrespena
Sorry 10 days passed before I replied. This happened and that happened and I completely forgot about this forum. But here's my explanation: 1. How to get parts on the board? This is a very good point, and I totally understand why you believe I hav
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 31 16:16:37 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Andres, I think if you were to understand the process a little better you would realise the many many problems you would encounter building even very simple things using your method. Even 30 minutes watching Youtube videos of current machines might h
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 19:38:33 EDT 2013 | jvadillo
Hi all! after hours of manual hand soldering and after spending thousands of euros subcontracting PCB assembly, we have decided to buy a fully automated pick&place machine. Our main assembly requirements are 0805/0603 for passives and TQFP-64
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 21:46:48 EST 2005 | C. Kolokoy
With DIP type components, a sub-par fluxing method (foaming a no-clean), and a chip wave where one is not needed are formulas for bridging and insufficient wetting. If you have SMD's on the wave solder side of the board greater than 0603, and no SOT
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 18 22:22:43 EDT 2009 | comatose
Assuming you want to run 8 hours a day and 5 days a week, you need a sustained throughput of 2.5k components per hour. With fine pitch, futzing around, setup, etc you should really look for machines rated in the 4k to 5k per hour range. That's not sc
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 15 19:43:22 EDT 2024 | bclaycomb
Hello everyone, Last year, our company ventured into the SMT arena to manufacture PCBs in-house for our products. We've been utilizing two Neoden 10 pick-and-place machines in series. However, as we grow, we've encountered some limitations with our
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 15:06:39 EDT 2013 | jvadillo
We have already one desktop oven and a manual stencil printer. And we have a quite complete soldering bench with several JBC tools. We also have stock for all active elements we use. We normally relay on the PCB assembler to provide the passive comp