Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 12 07:15:45 EDT 2024 | murtaza
Use high tg material on pcbs. Like tg170 or higher. Its a bit more expensive. Board shops usually quote cheapest material just to win the order. When you see fr4 on the quote it usually means tg135-tg140.
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 07 21:36:20 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, We had quite a bit of problems when we allowed popcorn onto the shop floor, so we changed to M&M's but the problems persisted. We changed our operator feeding process over to KFC, and ever since there has been a dramatic improvement in productio
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 24 12:45:51 EDT 2007 | Frank
I never thought about painting our copper piping. I always thought the patina that covers the pipes adds a bit of history and class, ya know an antique-feel, to the shop. I was in a shop years ago that used PVC piping for their air. From looking a
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 26 22:52:27 EDT 2001 | ianchan
I second that juicy bit from brownsj, Sn96/Ag4 process is what we are using too, currently for BIB runs, dunno about current capital investments needs, coz from what I understand, our company's BIB pioneer guy, personally designed the machines in cur
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 11 15:09:46 EDT 1999 | DGrenier
4 Mil Pcb's/yr) My choice was not to go to one vendor for a solution but, to pick (In my Opinion) the best equip to each of the jobs in a SMT line. Hence I have multi-vendor High Volume lines. Back to the ? Budget constraints and cost per placement
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 03:27:13 EDT 2015 | slave2anubis
Hi davef, thank you for sharing this. Yes all manufacturers recommend their products, and i dont deny that they are good but for a small shop like i have i think the prices are a bit high. What i think would be a good technique, is heating the area t
Electronics Forum | Tue May 04 12:43:55 EDT 2010 | rgduval
Good point on the shop air. Shop air can also generate a tremendous amount of ESD. There are special nozzles you can get to minimize it. We use our shop air mostly for blowing out connectors, and larger components that have a history of trapping w
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 02 16:05:08 EDT 2008 | Frank
Custom made nozzles from our vendor of pick'n'place machines are a bit on the expensive side. Does anyone have any recommendation of third party companies, or a good quality machine shop, that may be able to make us a couple nozzles?
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 22 16:05:51 EST 2008 | jmelson
This is an OUTSIDE corner spec or an inside corner spec? If outside, I don't see why it is a problem, but will require programming the router or making a template (if an "old school" shop.) Yes, if an inside corner, then it requires a small router
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 18 01:57:31 EST 2002 | MIke G
Be careful on how you go about this. Some older wave chains will have anywhere from a bit to lot of lead embedded into the grease. Ive had best luck sending it out to a shop that can hot tank them. Costs about $25 and it comes back all clean and lube
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