Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 09:41:50 EDT 2015 | kmots15
For upside down and rotated parts try using the index mark (F6) in the package database for that component, at least then the machine should look for a unique feature on the bottom and if it cannot find it the part will be rejected. For the index ma
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 26 12:44:55 EST 2003 | caldon
Dave- Mark Thaler is no longer at ACI/EMPF. He left a few Years Back. Best to use Guy Ramsey gramsey@aciusa.org 610-362-1200 x 107 Cal
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 13:54:29 EST 2022 | oclsc
Hi Marks. Thank you for your reply. I cannot find the site, if you know the site will you then please sent me link? Regards Ole.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 10:28:49 EDT 1999 | Boca
| I'm looking into vision inspection equipment to automatically inspect SMD placement and solder joint quality. Does anyone have any recommendations or know of any commonly used equipment? Do other manufacturers use vision systems at their inspecti
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 14:21:04 EDT 2007 | petep
We have done the Green Framed Stencils for an added $50.00 per, then got smart and went to green polyester on RoHS / Lead Free Stencils at no added cost. Dedicated Stencil blades and holders green of course) as well as Green Static mats on dedicated
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 20 15:59:15 EDT 2007 | blnorman
We use preprinted labels and laser coding. For PCB we laser mark with CO2 (NdYAG for the aluminum heat spreaders). We either have an epoxy legend to burn out or we burn the solder mask to expose the copper ground plane underneath. Laser is a much
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 27 18:37:10 EDT 2007 | gregcr
I'm actually in the process of phasing in direct inkjet marking on my bare boards. The MEK based inks dry almost on contact, and the machines I have use a videojet excel HD printhead. I'm looking forward to see how it works for us. I think it may
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 28 09:18:30 EDT 1998 | Ben Wilmot
The majority of SMT resistors use the following notation. 10 X eg 153 represents 1k5 resistor The third digit in the sequence denotes the number of zeros to add after the first two digits giving the value in ohms. Many Caps will follow the same nota
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 16:07:39 EDT 1999 | Doug
| | I'm looking into vision inspection equipment to automatically inspect SMD placement and solder joint quality. Does anyone have any recommendations or know of any commonly used equipment? Do other manufacturers use vision systems at their inspec
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 28 07:02:59 EDT 1998 | smd
Right now we are taping the goldfingers which is effective but also expensive. Also, some tape was leaving yellow marks on the goldfingers. We're trying the so-called goldfinger glove from Steven's Products. It's a very small company (probably one gu
