Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 21 10:54:17 EST 2007 | isd_jwendell
All or nothing You do not need to purchase everything all at once. You can start with the manual stencil printer and oven, which are the lower cost items and easiest to maintain. Placing parts by hand will be very time consuming, but you can do a fe
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 16 14:13:42 EST 2008 | wayne123
Well I can't tell you what one is the best, But I can tell you what one we have and that I am not happy with, A.P.E is the company it is made by, we have the "chipmaster". They have several units avialable and from what I can tell they are all about
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 29 23:17:43 EST 2008 | operator
Dude... That is harsh. I quit the best paying job I had ,at that time, because the owners disrepected me over my deserved salary. I was the sole programmer at this little shop that for some reason lasted for years after I was gone, but anyway....Othe
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 | Fri Apr 11 13:52:09 EDT 2008 | mika
Hi everybody, In Sweden It's stipulated by government law and has been for more than 40 years; that if you are working in hazardous areas where your eyes could get hurt in industries like grinding, welding, mining facility etc. etc etc. etc. etc. or
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 19:00:39 EDT 2008 | stevek
It depends on the laminate but a PWB is like any other MSL component. Some fab shops are only waranting standard FR4 laminates for 45-60 days when processed at lead free temperatures. The best thing I can say is to try some weight gain/loss experim
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 | Fri May 02 18:40:03 EDT 2008 | jlawson
Has anyone tried a PS-800E made by OKi Metcal? I > have been looking at them, it looks like a good > Iron, but I would like to know how these are > actually working in the field not just some sales > pitch by someone getting a > commision. Thank
Electronics Forum | Thu May 29 00:26:58 EDT 2008 | bobwillis
Bob Willis' Top Ten Reference Books Here is a new list of "Bob Willis' Top Ten" reference books that has been updated for 2007 to take into account recent changes in technology. In the publishing industry there are many charts and awards for the bes
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 04 10:49:23 EDT 2008 | arbarr
The the HDD onwindows 2000 pc running Fuji Flexa for 5 m/c's on our smt assembly line died 2 weeks ago. We've since reinstalled a new HDD. To cut along story short Fuji via their agent here (Productivity Partners Formerly Astro) after 14 days do