Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 11:19:23 EST 2001 | CAL
Precision parts and precision boards are nice for the initial evaluation but are costly for routine monthly accuracy tests. I know for a fact all the Siemens machines leaving Germany are evaluated with precision parts and board and placements are eva
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 11:53:50 EST 2001 | Steve
Take the leap of faith my friend!! Buy the AOI and watch all of your problems disappear. Okay, so I exaggerated a bit. Let me tell you the real story. We purchased a CR Technology RTI6500 almost two years ago. We chose the CR Tech unit because it wa
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 09:38:04 EDT 2001 | CAL
With some help from our good Friends at Agilent Technologies our RF Lab includes testing up to 100GHz. Equipment includes Vector network analyzer, signal analyzer, dual channel power meter, noise filter meter, advanced impedance analyzer (including
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 29 09:58:38 EDT 2002 | pjc
Machine Data Mydata MY9 machine weight: 1800kg placement repeatablilty @ 3 sig: 15 micron x-y axis drive mech: x combo belt rackπnion, y ball screw Siemens F5 machine weight: 1500kg placement accuracy @ 3 sig: 30 micron x-y axis drive mech: x belt
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 08 23:05:57 EDT 2001 | Darby
John, Tenryu/Amistar/i-Pulse made stainless replicas of feeder tape for various pitches and feeder widths. Part # for 0402 is "MT-0802" ( 8mm wide x 2mm pitch ). Standard 8mm wide tape is " MT-0804". If you can't get any of these, spend an hour on yo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 18 22:23:44 EDT 2001 | davef
First thing, I wouldn't buy new. There's tons of this stuff out there, the problem is finding the used stuff. One place to look is the SMTnet used equipment sales watteverzits called. Roland knows the name. Most work bench suppliers [eg, Arlink,
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 23 12:50:03 EDT 2001 | nwyatt
In brief, most companies have a board loader, a screen printer machine, various part placement machines (usually at least one chip shooter for small parts and one for fine pitch and larger components), and then a reflow oven. (inspection equipment i
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 20:32:01 EST 2000 | Dave F
Kyungman: So, your boss is trying to get you to put a wet paste inspection machine on your line after the printer. Sounds like you have a bunch of toys and someone wants to give you more!!!! Ah, the burdens some people have to live with!!! ;-) J
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 22 11:16:04 EST 1999 | Boca
Chris, Some ramblings- Your choice depends on factors like which defects you're looking for, bugdet, quality inspection philosophy, high or low mix environment, sample sizes or 100%, and so on. Are you going to test 100% of the product coming off t
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 13:47:19 EDT 1999 | Doug Philbrick
| Our first article inspection after machine placement can take several hours depending on the complexity of the board. The operator visually checks the board against the drawing and bill of material. I'd be interested to hear if there are any other
