Electronics Forum | Wed May 08 10:56:32 EDT 2002 | cmay
If you are talking about "low" volume another option you could consider is using a waffle tray. At a previous company we made low volume high value flexi-rigids. Like you, no-one would buy volume on reels. Luckily we had our own machine shop and we m
Electronics Forum | Tue May 21 14:12:19 EDT 2002 | dougt
I'm starting to see faducials used more and more on pick and place equipment and this sounds like a good place to use them. Does anyone out there have feeders with faducials on them yet? I'm told that a couple machines are running these to place 04
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 12 11:15:00 EDT 2002 | soupatech
I did the search for "lizard" and found a few references but..... WHAT IS IT? I will look into getting some dummy tape and reel BGA's. I just took over this dept. and I am still trying to get an inventory of what size and type feeders we have. It d
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 10:56:48 EDT 2002 | jseagle
I see this all the time and we are an OEM that can specify how parts are to be packaged. That being said, purchasing is always having problems finding the part in the specified packaging and end up buying it however they can get it. It's not like w
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 17 07:48:43 EDT 2002 | bentzen
Hi Brandon. You should always try to optimize / "balance" your line in a way so the machine with the shortest time per placement is your bottleneck. The other machines in the line should then have a 10 - 20 sec sorter cycle time, to be able to cope
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 07 18:53:20 EDT 2002 | melo_guy
I dont know what kind of volume you use in crystals, but my company manufactures crystals and oscillators, and if the order is over 1000pcs we'll put it on t/r if that what u request. If we dont have any t/r components in stock, well put them on t/r
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 13 08:59:17 EDT 2002 | bmulcahy
Hi , Using the Agilis feeders 3/4 months now. We are low volume so they haven't worked hard , but we have had no real problems. They seem to work well with both paper and plastic tapes.As for components we use them on 0603, 0805 ,SOT ,mini-melf & t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 21 10:47:22 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Some companies invest in full ESD protection. Some even have ESD Officiers / Engineers. Floor, Wrist Straps, Foot Straps, Special Shoes, Log in Books, Ionizers inside machines, etc, and training. These are in addition to just the reel and it's
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 05 11:13:46 EST 2003 | gregp
Your points are all valid. This is probably a service that the component distributers should provide. The reason I am harping on this issue is because I beleive is is possible to add several hundred part numbers to your pick and place on line inven
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 21 16:25:10 EDT 2003 | kris
Hi, As many must be aware a number of component manufactuers maybe shipping lead-free parts without part number changes. without knowing the datecode tracked on each component it would be difficult to trace components whether they are lead-free or
