Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 23 11:06:00 EST 2003 | ex maintain leader
I'm agree with suggestion "ceaning importance" you schould make your leader job in three group of maintenace the equipment 1st daily maintenance line operator is responsieble to lean the machine on the surface where is not need any tools required
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 13:42:45 EST 2004 | Tom Parkinson
We use a MIRTEC high res bench top system and are real happy with the performace. We have used it for both pre-reflow Mainly checking parts and part numbers) and post reflow for everything including solder joints. Easy to program and as you do more
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 08:15:37 EDT 2004 | pjc
MPM uses a one-print-Mylar system, as do other printer mfrs. In this system there is a Mylar sheet attached to a frame that is secured over the printer table with the board on it. You print onto the Mylar. The table X-Y-theta manual adjustments are u
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 11 11:58:55 EST 2005 | pjc
About $60K for a good bench-top unit and $120K for a good in-line. AOI is justified if you are spending a lot of time ($$) visually inspecting your boards. AOI machine is faster and more reliable than a human for this task. Plus, visual inspectors d
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 12 08:28:01 EST 2005 | Marcus
Fixing your problems needs to be based on hard data. But hard data is difficult to get from humans. They intend to see (and repair) what they e.g. understood best or what is easy to justify. This effect can be eliminated with an AOI. If programmed ri
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 15 00:33:11 EDT 2005 | Frank
You didn't state if you are using all CAD data or not. If you are not using any CAD data then all bets are off. If you global fid XY data and all your placement XY data are all from CAD data, but you are manually teaching your local fids, then they
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 10:22:06 EDT 2006 | Al Czervik
Are you a big CM ($1 billion)? If so, your company probably has a legal department. I would consult with the company's legal department on this. I'd be very, very nervous with nothing in writing (a waiver that they are aware that their product i
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 21 20:08:01 EDT 2007 | davef
Roland I read the article in the New York Times hard copy within the past two weeks. Maybe one of these: * http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E5DF163AF933A25751C1A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 * http://www.boston.com/business/g
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 11 10:56:34 EST 2008 | kmorris
We all know that Engineers are human and consequently may make errors when creating pick and place programs. (e.g. program a wrong part number for a given reference designator) Usually that is easy to detect since the wrong component is a differnt p
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 16 12:06:52 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Seen this with our old board house. The uncured board is causing your problem. Hard to catch, but looks like you have all your ducks in a row. We presented the exact same thing to our board house, and naturally they blamed our process, handling, a
