Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 10:31:35 EDT 2001 | davef
Two things to try, if you don't get direct answers: 1 Use the contact points at http://www.streckfuss.com/wave_soldering.htm 2 Do a net search on "wave solder streckfuss". Call the companies that list Streckfuss wave solder machines in their capab
Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 10:39:03 EDT 2001 | davef
The two first level cuts at comparing placement machines are: * Placement rate * Range of component capabilities This boils-down approximately to machine price. Virtually, everyone's feeders are priced similarly. Go to "Circuits Assembly" magazine
Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 12:46:05 EDT 2001 | pteerink
Each sales rep you talk to has " the best machine that is going to revolutionize the industry".... There seem to be variuous different methods/calcualations used by AOI machines today ( greyscale, algorithyms etc ) Are there any methods that are stan
Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 15:48:12 EDT 2001 | kp
Good morning, We are presently using a couple surface mount parts on our circuit boards. We send the boards out of house to have the SMD parts placed. I have been told that the apertures for the stencil for each SMD are not to be 1:1 with
Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 10:30:26 EDT 2001 | rkevin
I am looking for info. (pro and con) and/or 1st hand knowledge processing PCB's with Immersion Tin finish through SMT and Wave. Do profiles need to be different? Solderpaste considerations? Anything else? In the past I have experienced selective non
Electronics Forum | Thu May 24 15:10:23 EDT 2001 | caldon
ernman - From your question.........All the top PNP companies are good.....with that aside what is the requirements? High mix/low vol? Flexibility? High through put? Big Boards? Change over?Low mix/ high Vol.? This will help with ruling out companie
Electronics Forum | Wed May 30 10:52:03 EDT 2001 | hussman
Why yes, I do have vacuum on my printer (God bless MPM!). I see what you're saying - use a pallet and have vacuum holes to hold the flex circuiut! Wow, it just got a little brighter in my cube! Oh, the light bulb above my head just went on. Thank
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 10 23:49:17 EDT 2001 | Robert Sykoh
No-clean is definitely a cheaper process. It will eliminte cleaning. Some issues associated with no-clean are: -- the flux stain left behind on the PCB will create a cosmetic issue. You may want to seek advice from your customers. -- next, the flux
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 14 10:50:49 EDT 2001 | slthomas
I must be missing something.....why can't you simply attach thermocouples, profile the assembly, and adjust your zones as required to reach the parameters required by your paste and component specifications? Is there a restriction on that process fo
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 19 18:15:22 EDT 2001 | davef
What do you mean when you say "structure"? Taking a different tact to get at an answer to the original question, if applications such as general, BGA attach, and die attach inspection require a resolution of 10 units. What would you suggest are the
