Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 11 21:54:14 EST 2002 | davef
LONG TERM Your plans to buy a vaccuum bag resealer and a batch drying oven sound good as you say, but you�re correct. They will not help with this current situation. SHORT TERM If your connections are clean, free of pits and holes with a smooth,
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 00:20:41 EST 2002 | djarvis
0.005" for a distance of 0.120". I supply the cad file - they supply the blades - SIX PER SHIM - $300. Try it, you'll like it! Take yer set of overpriced, dooverlacky, hoity toity, rickerpoodley and a fandoogally, titanium, teflon, whacko the didd
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 25 10:32:06 EST 2002 | cyber_wolf
Jeezuz... Darby is right. High Tech Squeegee blades are a crock of BS.Don't belive the hype. Its a big scam to rake in your dough. We use .008" thick spring steel stock from McMaster. There is only one thing:The blades must be dried off thoroughly af
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 17:27:03 EST 2002 | hgwells
Agilent has a great article on determining whether automated optical inspection (AOI) or automated x-ray inspection (AXI) is right for you. It's a PDF file that can found here: http://www.ate.agilent.com/EMT/LIBRARY/X-RAY/DOCS/59883661en.pdf To sum
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 08:21:56 EST 2002 | jax
Armin, The obvious disadvantages for an in-line printer is initial cost and flexibility for smaller shops that depnd on high mix, low volume batch builds from their printer to support multiple projects at the same time. The advantage is quality a
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 24 13:52:47 EST 2002 | bentzen
Hi Armin Printing equipment can be divided into two main groups; In-line and off-line. For "small" production sites an off-line screen printer should be adequate but for high out-put placement lines, where the product cycle-time is short, an in-line
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 01:36:58 EST 2002 | djarvis
My Jimbos' (Drummoyne Dirty Reds Rugby Union Licensed Club)has, sob, just closed. How do I select a new one? Do I, for instance, start a spreadsheet and visit some new venues. What criteria do I use. Price of beer? Quality of beer? Access to bar to d
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 16:34:15 EST 2002 | djarvis
Dave, Nice one. I was a roadie for Men At Works' tours to the States in '82 & '83. W had a crew t-shirt printed up that had on the front the musical notation for the hook in 'Who Can It Be Now' with the words printed underneath 'Who F.....g Cares'. O
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 08:48:01 EST 2002 | wen1555
Payback can be calculated in many ways. The main issue is what revenue/margin you can secure from the investment. You need to decide the period in which the equipment will depreciate, I would suggest 5 years max. Obviously devide the total cost by 5
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 19:33:44 EST 2002 | davef
Since yer talkin� $$$$, non-quantitative measure do not apply. I understand someone told you to do payback. But, we don�t use payback for multiyear projects. Regardless, the analysis is similar. For each machine, set-up a multiyear spreadsheet li
