Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 02 03:13:30 EST 2002 | fdr4prez
Give me a break: If I buy a new machine from them they will make their sales commission off of me, and after the one year warranty they will charge (for example) $100.00 an hour to fix my machine. No problem there. If I buy a machine from the com
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 02 19:07:45 EST 2002 | stefwitt
The small shop starting with a used machine and grow larger was not the target market of the OEM, I used to work for. This may sound harsh, but the cost of selling and servicing the equipment to a small shop is comparable much higher than to the Moto
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 18:10:41 EST 2002 | andrewbrook
Quad4C's have their moments. If the price is right and you are aware of the machines limitations then you will be satisfied. The placement rate is slow, 1.2 seconds/chip. Don't buy any Quad if it has the CyberOptics Laser unit, the Quadalign unit is
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 21 05:44:07 EST 2002 | kcorrin
We produce several boards with reflowed components on top and bottom. We are finding the solder has wetted to the leads but did not flow completely to the end of the lands. Several factors/causes?: 1) Board warping but paste deposits look good. 2) Mo
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 02 12:15:10 EST 2003 | Mike Konrad
Richard, With respect to the Resistivity of Solvent Extract (ROSE) test, the test solution is exceptionally aggressive. With the Zero-Ion for example, the test solution�s resistivity is 150 M-Ohms. Additionally, because test solution is made up of
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 03 12:12:22 EST 2003 | richard
Good day and thanks for your comments Mike, What did I understood from your notes� 1) ROSE test (�extracting solution�) is probably good enough (with good equipment) to penetrate the space under my micro BGA. 2) I should test 2 parallel batches of
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 04 07:23:15 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello ricardof, To implement Cpk studies on SMT production equipment, you will require highly accurate glass plates, glass component slugs, accurately manufactured stencils and a measurement system to perform X, Y and Theta positional deviations from
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 09 20:33:41 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi The best I can figure Mike did a good job explaining some things, and hawked his own company's expertese very very well. He really did nice and worked the weave very well. He gave his number only after lots of info, which is different from some o
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 15 20:24:13 EST 2003 | ramanandkini
Thanks Mr.Dave. Sorry for the delay. One of our major prolems in ENIG plated surface is that wire does not stick. For many years we were getting a bond strength of 14 grams in both ENIG and electroplated surfaces. Now one vendor supplies ENIG boards
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 03 11:06:13 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hi floydl, I completely understand when it comes to data crunching after long hours of performing measurements, it's the last and most important arduous task in obtaining performance data. If a measurement and evaluation process that traditionally to