Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 09 08:45:31 EST 2007 | philkaz
I am in the R&D department at KIC. We have been making thermal profiling equipment for 20+ years. A standard circuit board is made from FR4 fiberglass. A typical solder reflow profile, whether leaded or unleaded, takes the board above the "glass t
Electronics Forum | Fri May 09 13:53:39 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Link to the TRI reporting requirements: http://www.epa.gov/tri/report/rfi/rfi_ry2007%203_13_2008.pdf In contradiction to the more stringent TRI reporting requirements, I read an article not too long ago that the EPA was considering taking lead of t
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 13 16:51:08 EDT 2008 | edmentzer
We are a small contract manufacture who started out using the component manufactures part numbers. That lasted about one month then we had an apple and orange with the same part number. I looked at what my customers were using, one had a real good
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 09:40:33 EDT 2009 | cyber_wolf
Subject: What placement platform/manufacturer will dominate the future of sub-contract? or OEM for that matter. I have worked multiple placement platforms over the last 20 years. I have worked with Dynapert,Celmacs,Fuji and contact systems to name a
Electronics Forum | Tue May 26 22:10:58 EDT 2009 | fulldrawmike
I have worked on many platforms over the past 20+ years of being in SMT, before that it was thru hole so I go back to the late 70's in this line of work. Some manufacturers I have worked with have been Quad,Fuji,Amistar,Sanyo and Universal. Of those,
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 12 12:01:07 EDT 2009 | sadamson
Hi I work for Asymtek, so you know my affiliation up front. I just want to mention that Asymtek makes conformal coatings sytems from Bench tops to full auto in- line systems. We have applications labs in the USA and around the world to help companie
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 09:15:03 EST 2011 | remullis
Reese, Thanks for the response. I agree with all of your comments, and actually we have SMT capability now. I also worked previously for a company for 20 years where we done primarily SMT and through the years phased out as much TH as possible, espe
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 13 11:05:38 EDT 2011 | nucleartoast
I worked for Electrovert for 20 years as a machine designer. Our first computer controlled solder machine the Century 2000 used Infra red pyrometers that were very accurate - once you calibrated it against what you wanted to measure. So the aim and s
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 10 11:21:18 EDT 2011 | fishingfool
Pit I have been in capital equipment for 20 years. I have been in sales and service both. Very few companies make money from service. In your scenario would the company have spent 4 or 5 days on the phone with you? These systems can be tricky if
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 16 17:00:43 EDT 2012 | markhoch
I'm doing an inpromtu survey.... I'm asking all Manufacturing/Process Engineers... Do you practice "5S" in your work space? (Desk, Cubical, Office, etc) I've been in the industry for almost 20 years.... I completely understand the concept of 5S. Yet
