Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 17 16:55:32 EDT 2014 | bobpan
Hello, The only thing i can think of is the x&y ribbon cables. I know you said they are good but they could have an intermittent break. I would get a spare set and plug them in with the machine at a slow speed setting and see if it works as normal. A
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 17 17:57:13 EDT 2014 | proy
Hello We use a 5 zone conceptronics HVN70 and never before have we had something we could not do including 6 layers Rohs complicated boards. Recently we had a larger - simple 2 layer board - all 1206's etc however there are 15 pcs of a LARGE high m
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 09:38:05 EDT 2014 | rgduval
Get in touch with your paste manufacturer. They should have a data base of different oven types/zones, and can give you "baseline" settings for a medium thermal density board that has been proven to work well with their paste. After that, it sounds
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 22 08:55:54 EDT 2014 | davef
I assume that you're talking about wanting to solder to metal tabs that are spot welded to the battery terminal. These tabs are not meant to be soldered. The metal was special selected for welding. In the old days, you could buy plumbing flux at th
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 27 07:13:25 EDT 2014 | recard
Hi, we have plans to build up a SMD manufacturing line and would like to get your feedback what is best for us to choose. We are outsourcing about 50 different products which are more or less low series (up to 1000 pieces). Boards are very different
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 28 10:08:43 EDT 2014 | markhoch
Ok Machine Manufacturers... this goes out to you. When your Customer (me) spends $150K on a machine. And you show up at the facility to install this machine. Please bring the tools you are going to need to do the basic installation. Asking me to borr
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 00:07:31 EDT 2014 | padawanlinuxero
Frazz you are right!, I had the same problem, one thing as you mention is to borrow a tool, but in my case I had to let him use my tool cart!, first thing I had to go and get him, since he had to cross the border to Mexico, it was afraid someone cou
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 19:11:15 EDT 2014 | bobpan
As a small business owner and former FSE...Every customer is different. I can tell you that i talk to the customer and before i travel i will ask them....Do i need to bring my basic set of tools or can you supply basic tools. If not this saves the cu
Electronics Forum | Fri May 02 14:30:48 EDT 2014 | jimmyboz
The last 3 posts were quite refreshing. I never said, but, I may have implied that "no tools necessary" is OK. No way. I honestly lost sleep over this thread. I was kinda playing "devil's advocate", but man what a response. I have been on every s
Electronics Forum | Mon May 05 10:25:31 EDT 2014 | markhoch
I think what angered me the most was finding out that the FSE was going to need transportation to and from the plant every day. And I was more angered towards the Manufacturer's Sales Rep because my interpretation, though I may be wrong, was that the
