Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 13:20:11 EDT 2002 | Mark J
They're not dead, but most are assuredly in a coma. As stated elsewhere in this thread, there is so much used equipment on the market due to many electronics companies divesting their manufacturing, and outsourcing production of their products. All t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 18:07:26 EDT 2002 | peterson
Well-said, lad. I strongly concur. It is not too late for US OEM and EMS companies. We have to retool and rethink the way we do business. If we do, we can still succeed, though I doubt we will ever see the numbers that we saw during the 1997-2000 boo
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 06 08:16:13 EDT 2002 | caldon
Jim- Sorry I can not offer advice on the Panasonic machine but do want to shed light on the Die and waffle pack issue. Take note that if the Die are loose in the pockets the balls or terminations could be damaged. The thin layer that the ball is atta
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 19 16:46:34 EST 2003 | CJN
Just to let all know that I accepted a fulltime postion with a very good OEM company and start next week. Thanks for your concern and good luck to everyone else still looking. This company is looking for a few machine maintenance repair guys stro
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 21 10:20:05 EDT 2002 | ksfacinelli
Dave, I am interested in a amine hydrochloride activated flux. Can you give suggestions on readily available fluxes that you have used that have strong deoxidization properties. I am looking at something that could be used in a pinch when the stan
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 24 17:32:54 EDT 2002 | ksfacinelli
The big problem we saw was the appearance of the solder joint after the water wash process. We saw the joints turn white through the absorption of moisture. Looked real bad but still functioned. I would stick with using only one of the processes a
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 14 09:24:07 EST 2002 | joconnell
What about when debugging the board I recently saw a case where we damaged a board between - 5-10 cycles of the fixture It's a catch 22 - where you need high force probes to breal the OSP - but the copper is hard surface, not like the solder HASL a
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 29 08:36:07 EST 2002 | Jeff Park
They have there strong points and weak ones. I have worked with them for the last 5 years and have seen some flakey problems (Cables, feeders, encoders) that will cause you some down time but if you get a good price on a system it might be worth it.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 25 11:48:10 EST 2003 | ksfacinelli
David, I am with you on the redesign recommendation except we are building a certified piece of equipment that cannot be easily altered. We have given recommendations for the future manufacturability but as we in manufacturing are all to aware thes
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 25 18:30:26 EDT 2003 | lysik
I buy a ton of used equipment. The price of used MPM/Electrovert has gone up. Trust me all the doom and gloom is just %$#^. Buy the stuff it is good strong reliable equipment. No problems. I just paid 30K for a used Aquastorm 200 with no customer in
