Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 18 22:22:43 EDT 2009 | comatose
Assuming you want to run 8 hours a day and 5 days a week, you need a sustained throughput of 2.5k components per hour. With fine pitch, futzing around, setup, etc you should really look for machines rated in the 4k to 5k per hour range. That's not sc
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 14 00:17:17 EST 2013 | mmdashti
Dear Juan; Our company is pishrokhotoot and we are in SMT business during 25 years ago. About machines which you mentioned: 1- Termway (Beijing Torch) is piece of shit ,Please remove this brand from your mind. 2- Neotech has some difficulty in ope
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 15 19:43:22 EDT 2024 | bclaycomb
Hello everyone, Last year, our company ventured into the SMT arena to manufacture PCBs in-house for our products. We've been utilizing two Neoden 10 pick-and-place machines in series. However, as we grow, we've encountered some limitations with our
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 18 08:48:58 EDT 2024 | spoiltforchoice
200 unique components across an entire range is nothing, Were we all so lucky we would all leave the inventory permanently loaded on the line. The Manncorp machines are probably your cheapest solution new. These chinese machines with western input
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 18:10:53 EDT 2013 | spoiltforchoice
Don't let quoted speeds affect your decision too much. Send copies of pick and place files for actual products you intend to build and ask for simulated placement rates that would be achieved. Our machine has a rated max placement rate of 15,000cph a
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 12 09:29:20 EST 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Subtle spamvertising there. Lower Cost small machine brands worth looking at are probably: Mechatronic Intelligent Drives (UK only?) TWS Autotronik or their Manncorp branded models in the USA Fritsch Innotech Heeb (a virtually invisible market share
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 28 20:57:22 EDT 2021 | stephendo
It will be tough to get a good line for that cost. You might want to start by looking at Mydata and Juki for the machines. Ekra for the screen printer and Heller for the oven is where you might want to start. If you have not already you might want
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 19:38:33 EDT 2013 | jvadillo
Hi all! after hours of manual hand soldering and after spending thousands of euros subcontracting PCB assembly, we have decided to buy a fully automated pick&place machine. Our main assembly requirements are 0805/0603 for passives and TQFP-64
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 01:47:57 EDT 2008 | myleb
I'm new to SMT. Now, i'm making program for SPI machine to inscpect for solder paste of SP60-MU. I think this is a very good printer but some times, my program shows only 50-60% of volume transfer; and the average height is very high: nearly 200 pct.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 12:22:26 EDT 2008 | JerryS
Hello Ok there is not much info here. What you have to mae sure of is several key factors. 1. Have you entered the correct stencil thickness. 2. Are you using the stencil gerber (not the paste layer) The paste layer is usually not adjusted for ap