Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 29 15:39:21 EST 2010 | ercdave1
Recently purchased a CSM84VZ, thinking that it was going to be a simple stand alone machine easy to program and i have now found out that is nothing like I expected. i have no computer to control the machine other than the hand held control that conn
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 06 10:49:18 EST 2011 | ercdave1
Thank you guys for the help. Tom, i got the manual and as far as i can tell there is a lot of reading i need to do. Also got the MCH file but i do not have any idea as of how to imput to the machine. i will read the manual hopefully some of my ques
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 08 07:28:19 EST 2011 | jeffr
David, If you have no floppy drive, then your machine is a pre 1990 or earlier machine. (Not CSM84VZ). These machines have a RAM memory with 14 programs max. Can you verify this for me with a picture of the inside of the front of the controler. (jr@h
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 04:02:00 EST 2011 | richiereilly1
Hi, We had a similar issue to this. When we examined the boards at x-ray there were no apparent defects, We sent the boards for Dye and pry testing and we found that there were crack or gaps between the paste on the PCB and the BGA ball. basically th
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 13:28:14 EST 2011 | jmw
0603 and up should be no problem on the machine. If you are doing under 25 mil pitch the machine needs an upward camera to repeatably place the parts. You will always lose the first 10 or so parts with cut tape but that should be about it. Repair par
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 19:38:44 EST 2011 | hegemon
There are a number of manufacturers of Benchtop Hot air stations. For what you are describing, look at Hakko as well as A.P.E. (if they are still around, they made a great little machine called a ?Chipmaster?, and if you added preheat, I think you
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 19:23:05 EST 2011 | bandjwet
We have a customer whom we have built boards for. They want a "cleaner no clean look". The process uses a no clean Kester 256 SN63 solder paste. After reflow the "residue" noted by the client is too much. We have tried a few things. We are a small
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 17 17:38:29 EST 2011 | bandjwet
All: I am reaching out to get some suggestions on the right flux to use as well as a recommended cleaning process for soldering a KOVAR RF shield using 80/20 Au/Sn solder to a ceramic hybrid. The recommended profile is 4-5 min at 280C and at least
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 18 10:46:31 EST 2011 | tombstonesmt
I recently wrote a program on one of our Pilarhouse Jade machines and receiving an error. The machine has the feature of "Wave Height" that I don't have enabled for a 2.5mm extended tip nozzle. This is the only program that I haven't used this featur
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 19 08:19:18 EST 2011 | tombstonesmt
I recently wrote a program on one of our > Pilarhouse Jade machines and receiving an error. > The machine has the feature of "Wave Height" that > I don't have enabled for a 2.5mm extended tip > nozzle. This is the only program that I haven't > u
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