Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:17 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:43 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 16:56:18 EDT 2001 | davef
First, I�d like to kiss-up to the people that are likely to be responding to this question. Thank you for contributing to my recent query about placement program control. OK. Let�s talk about �good practices� in placement programming. Throw in an
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 23:23:13 EDT 2001 | kenbliss
Hi Dave, Although I am just a blathering salesman trying to sell carts, I am not offering any here. I do have a few thoughts on your CAD positioning issue and tweaking. We do have full CNC sheetmetal puching equipment in our facility and it operate
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 16 03:15:00 EDT 2001 | Michael Trybula
At my previous job I inherited several lines where tweaking of a few components was allowed. The first thing I did was stop that practice. The problem with tweaking a program is that you are fixing the symptom and not the root cause. When the root
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 16 06:08:12 EDT 2001 | wbu
Hi Dave, tweaking, oh yes, we did like it to have that job done and not have people sitting around waiting for work or beeing able to deliver on schedule. Nonconformity report, ...ummmmh, weren�t that big that we thought we needed it, actually the t
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 01 10:10:49 EST 2001 | caldon
DAVE- Sorry for the late response.... as I was outta da country fer a bit. Wolfgang has a great point...If your machine has linear scales or encoders and they are dirty (even a spec of dust) this could have a huge impact on the positional data (esp.
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 16 07:00:06 EDT 2001 | genglish
Hi all, I have a problem and would gratefully take on suggestions, firstly let me explain the situation: We are currently screen printing adhesive, using a method similar to DEKs 'Pump Print', The adhesive we are currently using is supplied from Alp
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 26 17:01:52 EDT 2001 | davef
We process no Teflon boards. Companies, such as Rogers and Taconic, make laminates of Polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE] er �Teflon�. Common �Teflon� laminates are: * Woven glass / PTFE * Random microfiber glass / PTFE * Ceramic / PTFE * Woven glass /
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 17 09:38:55 EDT 2001 | fmonette
Dear Daniel, I assume that these components are moisture-sensitive. If they have absorbed too much moisture prior to reflow you might be experiencing popcorning. This typically shows up as a bulge over the surface of the die, in the center of the p