Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 21 08:20:43 EST 2013 | cowens
Thank you so much. We actually did get the machine up and running yesterday morning. We switched the theta and the transport driver cards and it is working now. We have had the connectors burn on us in the past and replaced them. I am hoping the prob
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 13:53:44 EST 2013 | cbeneat
We have some Vectorguard stencils and frames. I am having issues with one of the frames. And need a little guidance. A stencil is on the frame, and we can't get it off, the operator heard a pop while putting the stencil on the frame, now we hear a
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 27 11:20:15 EST 2013 | marcpeo
Sorry to hear of the difficulty with the rails on these systems. The 2 machines mentioned are 10 years old or more. The rails typcially last quite a while but replacement after 10 years is possible. Please feel free to e-mail me directly to discus
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 18 11:25:24 EDT 2013 | cyber_wolf
I was at an SMTA meeting Friday. One of the topics of discussion was nano coatings. 1. Nobody wants to talk about where the coating goes as it wears off. 2. There are different types of nano coatings : Chemically bonded which involves a special bon
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 02 13:43:54 EDT 2013 | ericrr
On one of the products uses a QFP (Quad Flat Package)which is not going on straight, maybe 20 pins per 4 sides. sometimes I have to tweak the alignment before the board goes in the oven, this practice can be a bit of a worry if you over tweak it - pa
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 30 10:03:31 EDT 2013 | mmjm_1099
Got it powered back on Friday.... We did check the UPS (power-supply)and indeed it was bad. So we referenced the manual and found you can bypass the UPS all together. So we just directly plugged the machine past the UPS. Well the machine is running b
Electronics Forum | Mon May 06 14:55:58 EDT 2013 | dyoungquist
We had that problem on our M12. There were a few components that had gotten dropped into the camera area as the hydra head past over it. Our MY12 has a knob towards the front of the machine in direct line with the camera. Pulling this knob release
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 07 22:06:43 EDT 2013 | action_101
I successfully inspect solder on plcc's with angled cameras on the yestech we have. In the past I have successfully inspected for solder with angled cameras on mirtec machines for both plcc's and qfn's. Other than inspecting solder on those two types
Electronics Forum | Wed May 15 12:53:19 EDT 2013 | mchawg
I am having difficulty programming/inspecting a large SMT Relay. It is a dual in-line through-hole package with 5 leads per side formed to a gullwing configuration on .100" pitch. We have programmed it as a SOW10 pkg and got usable lighting values bu
Electronics Forum | Mon May 20 19:24:59 EDT 2013 | hegemon
Well, you wouldn't want 100 deg difference from zone to zone, in that you would likely exceed your maximum ramp rate, for instance if Zone 1 was 90C and zone 2 was 190C. Over time a general guideline (rule of thumb) has emerged, max about 40 deg dif
