Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 02 17:16:53 EST 2001 | davef
Planned maintenance is: * Scheduled based on the equipment supplier recommendations. These maintenance schedules may be modified based on clear-headed thinking that is documented. * Calibration may not be slipped, but the schedule may be moved up. [
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 08 20:43:58 EDT 2002 | davef
Regardless of the design technology of the board, we use shop floor management software that: * Calculates the period that it takes to assemble a job. Obviously, we enter product-manufacturing information [ie, BOM, material receipt dates, process fl
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 16 09:58:57 EDT 2004 | jdumont
I agree with Russ. If possible buy a bunch of used feeders and load up the next job while the first one is still running. This will save you time and lots of aggrevation over reeling feeders in the correct order, this will never work in the 'real wor
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 03 13:10:15 EDT 2007 | slthomas
Personally I wouldn't count anything but minutes. You need to know how long it takes to perform each task in order to balance your line. What I'm gathering is that you've got one printer feeding 4 machines, all running different jobs or maybe a pai
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 14 00:54:49 EDT 2002 | caldon
There are jobs out there....you just need to know where and what. If you are looking at Original Equipment manufacturers (Fuji,Siemens,exc.....) or CM's good luck! 1) you must be able to travel a fair amount 2)you may need to relocate. With that sa
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 10 16:29:34 EST 2003 | kenBliss
You can call it anything you want. At the end of the day what matters is what you are able to produce in a given period, say 8 hours. How many components where placed during that time. Most engineers do not fully understand that there is generally
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 16 05:16:49 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
This number is going to vary hugely depending on the machine, how you operate and how many feeders you have. Smaller outfits might have a single operative whose job it is to setup, load, run & program the line. Regardless of how changeover focused t
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 12 21:20:48 EDT 2002 | OhioD
Could this be the contract-house effect? As OEM's outsource their builds to more and more contract manufacturers, the old way of thinking for the electronics industry will diminish. The picture of the old union shop with long-term contracts, job secu
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 28 22:39:01 EDT 2004 | pdeuel
I dont speek Chineese. When I need support I prefer dealing with people who speak my language. I like my job. The more jobs lost to over seas companies make job market here harder to find work. Thousands of parts go into reflow ovens. So we are not t
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 27 06:15:54 EDT 2007 | CL
Good Morning, We have 5 My machines. We process 0402's daily and have not seen any accuracy issues. We are also processing 0201's, 01005's (although not often thank God!), Micro BGA's, CSP's, etc... Definately not the fastest machines but very flex
