Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 30 02:53:43 EST 2002 | Frank
The market is ripe with used equipment out there. So a small CM, such as us, are looking to find a good deal out there. I am concerned about being able to get service support from a PnP manufacturer if we buy equipment on the used market. Particul
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 31 08:02:12 EST 2002 | davidweir
we are looking at buying an screen printer and are curretly have an mpm up1500 and dek ela on the shortlist both silimar spec's except mpm has automatic tooling. being a cem having to change set up a number of time a week quick change over is a co
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 21 02:43:07 EST 2002 | jate
Hi, Jar's quality is easier to measure. If you want to know paste viscosity etc. it's easier if you use jar. I have bad experiences about cartridges. I used cartridges for a short time but I change it back to jar because flux separated too easily in
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 11 09:24:07 EST 2002 | russ
I agree with Dave, Identifying chip components is not worth the time or effort. I believe that you can only tell what the value is and not the voltage,temp rating tolerance, etc...anyway. You will need to then put them back into tape to make them u
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 19 02:59:24 EST 2002 | yngwie
Hi Experts out there, pls help me with the following matters. How important is the bare PCB baking ? What is the temperature for baking @ what RH ? What would be the impact for the ENTEK finished board should the baking is really necessary ? For t
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 19 13:19:12 EST 2004 | kselven
Electronic Trend Publications has just published a strategic new market research report you may find of interst titled, "Electronics Manufacturing in China, 2nd Edition". "Electronics Manufacturing in China, 2nd Edition" is special in that it looks a
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 19 22:01:51 EST 2004 | fastek
I've published my own strategic new market research report you may find of interest titled, "Electronics Manufacturing in China, Final Edition". It's free by the way: "U.S. production of contract assemblies in 2000 is $X. China production of cont
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 25 02:28:08 EST 2002 | kenbliss
Hi Ben There are many sources for storage equipment related to SMT assembly. Bliss Industries offers one of the most complete lines anywhere and sells factory direct. We have a detailed website http://www.blissindustries.com that includes Bliss Un
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 02 15:32:26 EST 2003 | Mark
Hello. Sometimes metal squeegees DO work with stepped stencils. You will always get much better results with metal squeegees compared to polymer blades. The only requirement for the metal squeegee to work, you need about 0.06 in clearance for eve
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 13:55:49 EST 2002 | stepheno
Where I worked we used a different chip bonder. When we had trouble with flux entrapment in the epoxy from the wave solder, we checked the date of the epoxy. The tube didn't have one but the manufacturer gave a shelf life of 6 months and then the s
