Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 08 13:55:05 EDT 2005 | chrispy1963
Grant, Yes they do get broken by the operator or whom ever is loading or unloading the feeder stick pulling the tape through the feeder and the component pocket will snag the tip of the plow and bend it so that the tip ends up breaking off making
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 01 07:50:16 EDT 2006 | samir
Another nuisance with the new SlimKIC - even for Sn-Pb paste we run a little hotter peak temperatures - you can't run another one in succession because the "internal" temperature is too high as well. Typically, I have to put the unit underneath a fa
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 12:41:19 EDT 2009 | rodrigo
Hi All, What causes the z tower to fall/slide down in this machine? There is a break at the bottom of the motor but the book says that it is for when the machine is off. It could happen at any moment. It sucks when it is in the middle of printing a
Electronics Forum | Mon May 21 09:04:15 EDT 2012 | cbeneat
We've had the same issue on our Panasonic CM machines with Cree XP type LEDs. Count on tools makes a urethane tip nozzle that we are using which eliminates the sticking, our concern with these is durability. Nozzle supply company makes a steel Teflo
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 10 14:27:12 EDT 2013 | ericrr
There is 8 nipples on the X-Y frame that is used to grease the frame, I was told these need to be greased often, as if the bearings go dry and break down it would cost big money to replace the bearing. (not sure how this price compares to other machi
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 01 15:36:42 EST 2018 | davef
Not to be repetitious, I just don't remember if this has been said or not, I'm old, give me a break. Some people have found that DI water is too thick to properly remove flux residue under low stand-off components.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 05 03:44:36 EDT 2011 | don7888
Hi Recently I have been set the task of increasing the amount of time our pick and place machines (Mirae MPS-1025P) are running for. I am fairly new to CEM and have found that the main reason the machines are offline for so long is that the operator
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 25 12:33:16 EST 1998 | Scott Snider
| A buddy of mine has problems after depaneling double sided pre-scored PCB's. Resistors near the edge, after put into the slice and dice machine contain micro cracks. He's checked for them before and after depaneling. We figure it is the sectioni
Electronics Forum | Wed May 10 12:13:16 EDT 2006 | scombs
We have a 6 up panel with a 1206 part .082" from the board scoreline. After depanelization when we run the board through ICT it fails for a short at that location. We have visually inspected at high magnification for any cracks in the body and at the
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 03 10:11:08 EDT 2016 | tnisbet
If you end up buying a depaneling machine/robot, > the guys at Pentagon EMS are very good at making > fixtures. Once they have the specifications of > your machine all you will have to send them is > your panelized drawing of your board. In extre
