Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 06 17:24:26 EST 2017 | westshoredesign
So I had the same question too when I was setting ours up. My lazy (and cheap) solution was: for each program I have a universal path that is used up to the first dispense instruction and after the last one then I covered the surfaces underneath tha
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 07 12:26:14 EST 2017 | westshoredesign
Oh yeah, so we have a auger valve similar to that on one of our other machines that we use for dispensing SMT glue, and solder paste also. We have a conditioner that we flush it with at EOD when in use, then we just let it sit idle with the condition
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 06 17:19:59 EST 2017 | davef
Evtimov: IDEALS Project was one of the first to talk about componebt and board damage caused by LF soldering temperatures. There's lots of more current stuff on the web. Here's some that may help: * Assessment of Long-term Reliability in Lead-free As
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 08 12:18:18 EST 2017 | dyoungquist
It could be a part height issue. I have seen a case where an 0402 resistor from 2 different manufactures had different heights. If the height of your 2010 part is taller than you have programmed in the package data, the pick up head may be pushing
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 07 10:18:34 EST 2017 | swag
Our entire shop floor has a hanging uni-strut grid ceiling approx. 10 feet up. The actual ceiling of the building is probably 16 ft. max ceiling with pitch. We run all air lines and power on it. The uni-strut is hung by all-thread rods. Sounds co
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 08 11:56:31 EST 2017 | davef
From my notes ... "Durastone is some of the nastiest material i have ever worked with, first of all i will suggest using a mask and long sleeve shirts and don't do anything to try to get the fiber glass out of your body... take a cold shower and slee
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 09 10:13:37 EST 2017 | swag
Agreed. We machine all our pallets in coolant. No dust but a big mess still results in the bottom of the CNC. You'll burn through a thousand cutters if you try it on a router table. Just doesn't seem feasible. You'd have to take like 0.020" dept
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 14 13:00:38 EDT 2017 | stephendo
I had a nitrogen salesman in yesterday. He brought his technical support person with him. He said he could add a pre-filter just before the machine regulator. I asked him about it and he said that if you get a pin-prick hole in your piping you can
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 22 14:59:20 EDT 2017 | solderingpro
Hello Henry, I believe some further clarification may be needed for someone to assist. Is the component already soldered prior to reflow? Does the component have paste already applied going through reflow? (or as per my previous question, is it al
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 17 07:23:29 EST 2017 | sevenfortyone
I'm a PCB designer working on a board that has a rubber keypad with control buttons mounted to it. The PCB contains the corresponding contact patterns for the buttons - a typical interlocking finger pattern. In the past when I've encountered this
