Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 08 20:00:56 EST 2021 | scotceltic
Throughout the years in SMT PCBA production I have seen OEM's and contract houses move away from a Double-Sided PCBA Line setup. Ex Single pass for bottom-side and then straight into duplicate equipment for top-side. The norm these days seems to be
Electronics Forum | Thu May 07 10:09:24 EDT 1998 | Cunli Jia @ SMTnet
| I thought this was a forum for equipment only. We were asked to take OUR messages off of the other SMTNet forum. I see many messages concerning process related issues that don't have anything to do about buying, selling or servicing SMT equipment
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 18 10:07:02 EDT 2003 | caldon
There are a few directions to go from Here... 1) Outsource it to a CM, 2) Capital investment both have there issues. To Out source I would have processes in place to Inspect quality, resolve issues, Assure quaility, and Hope they can meet your deadli
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 04 00:44:56 EDT 2003 | Dean
I recently installed some used capital equipment for a major multi-national corporation. I was blown away by their penny-pinching, micro thinking attitudes of how they felt their 2nd or 3rd hand purchase should be supported directly by the OEM. T
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 28 07:28:25 EST 2006 | Rob C
I would have to disagree on this. My experience is that you should never justify capital expediture based on just the obvious up front costs alone. There is no mention of risk of recall, warranty costs, scrap costs,and so on. Which you may get from a
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 14 18:32:39 EST 2007 | kroberson
What machines have you worked with previously? Depending on the programming software used, CP6 can be relativly easy to program. CP6 has been a workhorse in the industry for a long time. One the process is set up, maintain the machines acording t
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 03 14:16:59 EST 2010 | davef
First, we expect that your equipment supplier would help you with this. Then again with lots of used equipment flying around, some of the basic stuff often gets pushed to the back of the bus. Second, here is a clip and paste on the basics of equipm
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 16:23:42 EST 2000 | Michael Parker
Hello Reno- Rather than capitalize with expensive equipment and spend a lot of time teaching yourself the right way to process, have you considered finding a Contract Manufacturer to help you? A good CM who specializes in New Product Introduction (N
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 25 20:36:58 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Sal: When western companies first started studying Japanese companies, they found the Japanese using a technique called "poka-yoke." It means mistake-proofing. In this, the designer specifies parts and assemblies so that they can be assembled one
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 15 22:06:15 EDT 2000 | Dreamsniper
Hi Raeto, 1. You do not have reflow oven. This means that you are not running Surface Mount Technology in your shop floor...am I correct? Why do you plan to have SMD's under your PCB's ? Can't you replace them with their PTH counter part and have th
