Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 30 18:27:32 EST 2007 | jmelson
This doesn't help the original poster any, but does the Quad have any sensing of what is going on in the feeder? On the pneumatic or mechanical Philips feeders, if the tape jams in the feeder for some reason, the head just keeps tapping the lever an
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 28 15:08:37 EDT 2008 | jmelson
Hello, all, I have been having problems with bent push rods on my Philips CSM84. I have caught it a couple times when it happened, but it happens so fast I still don't know exactly what the sequence is that causes this. The push rod is clipping a
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 10:31:26 EDT 2008 | cdsullivan
Good Morning, We are seeing an increased number of our customers that specify a Pb-Free BGA when the rest of the board assembly is SnPb. Of course when we reflow at the SnPb profiles, we don't always get a properly collapsed BGA. So we end up rewor
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 09:30:40 EDT 2008 | locostpp
Thanks for the comments. Tech-support is one the big savings we think we can make and the customer will have to install the machine themselves - we will make a comprehensive series of videos and tutorials. Calibration will be semi-automatic and the
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 12:18:10 EDT 2008 | evtimov
I am looking for an inexpensive way to bake just > a few components. would a toaster oven be okay on > the low setting (i would get a thermometer!) do i > need to get something to place the components on? > maybe a silicon cooking mat (not sure a
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 30 10:29:48 EST 2009 | petep
We have a potential new customer who has special PCB requirements. I do not know a lot of details at this point, but have several questions. One of their assemblies has within it , a MID, Solid foil layer, completely isolating one side of the PCB f
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 22 13:58:45 EST 2009 | tpappano
I didn't attempt to get any written guarantee, but took a leap of faith based on our various communications. The broker was also a refurb operation so I figured we could resolve any technical problems without too much trouble. At this time I'm also
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 20 17:50:51 EST 2009 | bigalnz
Hi All, I do PC/Laptop repair and are finding some jobs I cant do because they need a BGA rework. I dont admit to being a pro with respect to BGA, and thus a purchase decision is hard.I have been looking at : http://zhuomao.en.alibaba.com/product/
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 05 16:38:51 EDT 2010 | tskim83
Our hole inspector gives this error message “Base Hole Error”. It is a flat conveyor-type hole inspection machine from YAYATech that scans PCBs, with an optic sensor and cameras on top of the belt and a light source on the bottom of the belt. And dur
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 13:02:01 EST 2011 | deanm
Thank you for all who read this with interest and especially those who replied. I have considered the points posted and here is what we came up with: We all agree that double inspection is a wasteful operation especially if the operator is more crit
