Ok... Anybody got any quick, low cost ideas that can help me here?
We run various panel layouts (all products are same width) thru our reflow oven. The problem is that due to the different layouts of our panels, the moveable center support chain has to be located in various places. A large majority of our product can run with the support chain exactly in the center. When a product does come along that the chain needs to be relocated due to the location of the bottomside parts, the operators forget - FREQUENTLY!! The parts get dislodged or in our last case (which had nothing but 0805 LED's) the parts get broken by the chain. We are racking our brains to come up with something that can remind the operator to check this, such as a sensor that detects parts on the opposite side - but with the latest board that I menntioned above with the 0805's it seems impossible, (forget barcoding.... with our current system its not feasible)
ANY IDEAS?? Thanks, Lee
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