Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 03:48:00 EDT 2002 | mitchell
The metioned process will work, but I do have 1 Question, How are the PTH comp. being inserted? If automated insertion is going to be used the process may have to change. Topside SMD - then Auto insert PTH, the reason for this, is depending on the p
Electronics Forum | Fri May 10 18:46:12 EDT 2002 | peterson
I posted a similar question a few months ago. Basically, I asked: "Can anyone who is NOT a salesman for an OI company, provide an objective argument for purchasing these very expensive systems." Well folks, not surprisingly, no one has posted a respo
Electronics Forum | Sun May 12 09:17:48 EDT 2002 | Thomas Hodge
First of all are you looking for a inline or a table top unit. We paid 50k for a Testronics unit and it does ok but I feel like others and that is if you have the inspection & controls in place you should be able to build quality boards by controlli
Electronics Forum | Sun May 12 23:50:16 EDT 2002 | caldon
Here are a few key points when concidering AOI. Programming and how easy is it. Also, I am not a big fan of gold board AOI. There are other ways (neural networking to name one)that are much more efficient. Can the system identify Characters? ca
Electronics Forum | Wed May 08 11:07:54 EDT 2002 | Carol Stirling
We have a concern with moisture absorbtion/humidity effects on PWBs specifically used for automated SMT (including BGA). I'm sure there is a IPC spec on this and would appreciate the number - I've searched the IPC web-site -no results. Could you t
Electronics Forum | Tue May 28 16:19:52 EDT 2002 | zanolli
Hello Floyd, Yes, special tooling is required. The tooling usually consists of a press, push-in tooling and support plate tooling. The presses can range from relatively simple arbor type presses to automated hydraulic presses with sophisticated con
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 08 13:49:10 EDT 2002 | msjohnston
HI, We are looking into expanding our current x-ray inspection from manually inspection one panel per lot to 100% automated inspection for all of our BGA and CSP builds. We have 100% manual inspection at the end of our SMT lines and we are consideri
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 06 18:27:18 EST 2002 | MikeF
At this time we will be hand spraying acrylic, probably using spray cans until we decide on a spray gun or an air brush, and get one ordered. Our volume is too low to even consider an automated system. Our current requirement is on an item designed
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 23 11:16:05 EST 2002 | mark
Transition Automation is offering a unique offline tooling system, which definetely improves the mpm machines compared to dek. Considering the big cost gap between used mpm and dek machines, if you buy mpm, and buy transitions instant fixture upgrad
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 25 12:57:29 EST 2002 | caldon
Maxtim- I have used APE's Sniper, airvac, Mecal's 3500, PDR, Pace, and MArtin's rework stations. APE Sniper does the Job but to much automation and not user friendly software. PDR is to much IR and no convection. Metcal's work good now with the ne
