Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 16:18:28 EST 2023 | proceng1
We have a customer that at one point had a dozen LED boards that were all very similar in size. They used Aluminum boards and I found that the difference in thermal mass between the assemblies was negligible considering the largest difference was ac
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 05 22:27:05 EST 2023 | padawanlinuxero
Hello, I am experiencing issues with one of my PCB suppliers. Specifically, I am having trouble with solder shorts occurring on a SOIC8 component, and always in the same pads. Upon inspection with a microscope, I discovered that three of the pads ar
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 06 14:56:12 EST 2023 | aflewel1
I'm not an electronics guy, but I was renovating a home and ran into or considered a lighting issue like this (e.g., LED on a serpentine shape). Haven't gotten to that yet, but one option to consider might be wrapping them around the perimeter of th
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 06 17:22:03 EST 2023 | madisreivik
Hello and help ! After changing oil hose, cleaning machine and all nozzles, CP642 narrow camera started to flicker. And in nozzle centering measuring, no image at all. We checked syncro pin, seems ok. Also checked camera picture with Sony monitor,
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 11 14:26:11 EST 2023 | proy
Looking for ideas/conversation on how people handle short strips or leftover SMT parts in inventory We do a lot of high mix low volume jobs we often have strips or even parts in bags which we need to keep and inventory. Presently the non reels are
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 11 19:04:06 EST 2023 | SMTA-64387074
Looking for information on lead trimming after wave solder. Does anyone do this through automated equipment? I know ideally parts would be cut to length before insertion and not trimmed after wave solder but sometimes that is cost prohibitive. When n
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 12 15:16:22 EST 2023 | proy
Yes we are in alignment of thought on this. Deciding on a value point of keep/toss is always a challenge - availability also comes into play - but this has improved over the last year. This is a matter of - when you do want to keep - short tapes/part
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 13 04:30:33 EST 2023 | ttheis
Are components that need to be trimmed available on a reel? A lead trimmer that cuts from a reel of TH parts is fast and avoids post trimming. We also tried a bench top lead trimmer and its a terrible process; sold the machine after the first day. Bo
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 15 20:51:01 EST 2023 | cyber_wolf
Calibrating the cameras on these machines is not something you can do "correctly" without the jigs from Fuji and following an exact method. It's been years since I watched a Fuji FSE do this, but I can assure you that unless it is done EXAC
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 19 11:40:47 EST 2023 | jeana
Hello everyone, We recently got a Quad IVc machine with PPM software on it. We are struggling with 0402, as we get plenty QuadAlign failures. We ticked Vision on failure, so that we limit the amount of rejected parts, but on 0402 Vision system gi
