Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 12 19:33:12 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, Thanks, and we are doing that today. After spending the day playing with all the usual things that used to work, we are focusing today on profiling and data to get things right. The only worry I have is did we get a wave that can handle this, a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 05 11:03:54 EDT 2006 | RLM
It's quite easy: 1. Import the gerber file into GCpowerplace. 2. Select the pads that you wish to convert into centroid's. This is usually all of the pads. 3. Select the automatic extraction button. The software recognizes certain common patterns 02
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 16 10:32:30 EDT 2006 | pms
Thanks for the info Chris, I'll check into your suggestions. We seem to be having the problem with all/most of the TM8FC magazines. I'm looking for a common denominator. Has any one ever experienced static electricity on the cover tape causing the c
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 14:40:41 EDT 2006 | pms
SrTech, Thanks for popping in. Your MyData advice has always been good. Anyway, all of our TM8FC's do have the correct seperators. So nix that. I thought the timing only had to do with advancing and stopping the component into the pick line correctl
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 13:11:39 EDT 2006 | fredericksr
The recommended feeder for 0402s and especially 0201s is the green feeder with a 3.7mm spec. We use greens for 0402/0201, white for 0603, yellow for 0805s, and reds for tantalums. They work well, but sometimes you seem to get difficult tape. I hav
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 15 13:41:12 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Yes there is RoHS certified ink it just cost twice as much as the regular ink. Just kidding Some people ask for RoHaaS compliance on cardboard boxes, pencils etc. What a mess $%^$ To answer your question, Ink is made from ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 20 14:54:02 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, That's a really interesting article, however one thing I am a little confused on. They seem to say a Pb-Pb solder joint is almost as bad as a Pb-lead free joint in their results. Are they saying the testing which looks like it cycles up to 125 D
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 20 22:52:10 EDT 2006 | davef
We all know those academic 'reliability studies' are very focused and only give a snapshot of real life. The real reliability studies of leadfree are starting as we scramble to meet our numbers. We have no idea about your customers' expectations ab
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 19 08:45:55 EDT 2006 | dougs
Hi All, We have a board that's going through our process at the moment, it's 1.6mm thick and has 4 wires soldered into it, these are 10SWG multi stranded wires, i'm finding that it's difficult to get the holes filled with solder as it travels up
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 26 03:56:44 EDT 2006 | slaine
hi I had a hunt round this morning and found all the schematic drawings for the vip70. Have you got a copy of them? where abouts in the uk are you im in Cumbria. drawing 5061617 appears to show some different wiring configerations, but im not sure if
