Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 11:17:09 EDT 2023 | sarason
The Philips CSM84 is also known as the Yamaha YM84 John Melson (jmelson) is an expert on these machines , he lives in the US. He is often active on EEVBlog and has been active on SMTNET in the past, asking many questions on this machine. My p
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 10 13:24:48 EDT 2011 | sarason
I have finally updated my shareware SMT Machine program It reads Protel ( from Autotrax to Altium Designer) and spits out Yamaha/Philips UFOS, VIOS , Mydata, Fuji MCS2 CP642 CP732, Gencad 1.3, Philips, FCM, ACM, FTIP, Essemtec, Panasonic BM221 CM88,
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 20 14:43:49 EST 2023 | proceng1
Before we purchased the printer capable of 1500mm stencils, we actually built a printer. We used a table top style where you squeegee by hand. Purchased longer tube stock and extended everything. It wasn't pretty and it wasn't fast, but it allowed
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 27 10:23:01 EST 2023 | 1_manuel
Hello everyone, I would like to incorporate comments into our stencils. We have a stencils where it appears as though text has been etched into it. Since no one in our team knows how this was done, I obtained an etching pen (Gimark KBS5006), which is
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 12 15:16:22 EST 2023 | proy
Yes we are in alignment of thought on this. Deciding on a value point of keep/toss is always a challenge - availability also comes into play - but this has improved over the last year. This is a matter of - when you do want to keep - short tapes/part
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 05 18:04:35 EST 2024 | madisreivik
My old machine still has tricks to annoy me 1CA0C004 vision error. Trying to place large part, about 30x30 (gsm micromodule). Very simple part, square. But machine is dropping that part and gives vision error "nozzle bent". Part rotation is 90 deg
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 09 14:06:11 EST 2024 | poly
I recently bought an Ebso. I haven't got experience with other manufacturers but I'd currently recommend not them. It doesn't save any time over hand soldering, takes a ton of power and nitrogen, it's really hard to program, has no process control
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 15:49:32 EST 2024 | carlos_s39
Hi all, Recently the place where I work at purchased an SMT assembly line. The stencil printer is a used DEK Horizon 03i. We received no manuals with it and are having issues with the cleaner. The motor does not move and it does not move along the ra
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 30 14:18:22 EST 2024 | spoiltforchoice
It might be worth mentioning that Speedprint (now Europlacer) printers also have a calibrate using your own board capability. They arguably also target higher mix environments given that is the market the pick and place machine targets. DEK uses a v
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 02 13:08:41 EST 2024 | jdengler
Since you are new to the industry the more important choice is who will support the machine. If you are buying used you will most likely need to "register" the equipment (pay money) to the OEM if you need support. It is most likely that you will ne
