Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 11 13:30:45 EDT 2005 | fastek
Sr. Tech- Warranties and guarantees are not necessary if the buyer does his homework.....personally inspects the machine, gets referrals on the seller etc. The other problem is enforcement issues. Can you imagine the hassle on your hands if an overs
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 11 08:53:40 EDT 2005 | stefwitt
I�ve seen new table-top machines for $ 15,000 at exhibitions, but only one time and the same vendor didn�t show up the next time. Realistically, new machines capable of doing 0402 and 20 mil and a few kpph under $ 15,000 do not exist. Any used mach
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 11 21:43:19 EDT 2005 | Ken
Those temp stickers are useless unless you can stick them into the copper barrel. They can only determine "skin" temperature which has nothing to do with what is happening in the barrels. Your solder is filling the barrel then going cold. I'll gua
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 19 21:12:58 EDT 2005 | grantp
Hi, We are not based in the US at all, but the US PCB manufacturers are the only ones that combine good customer service, the ability to product rapid prototypes without huge setup costs, and meet deadlines. As the global electronics market has chan
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 27 12:45:44 EDT 2005 | Mark
Thanks for the replies. Interesting white paper. Didn't quite answer my concerns but still a good read. I was actually surprised that to test temperature uniformity across the zone, they attached T/C's to the substrate rather than measure the ai
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 23 08:16:57 EDT 2005 | gregp
Base, You are absolutely correct. This is what I intend to do. In fact, our feeders at one time had reel hangers that would allow for reel removal and thus splicing. Sometimes it is frustrating when people are set in their ways and won't consider
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 07 16:29:52 EDT 2005 | bk
In 5+ years that I have been dealing with Mydata tech support, I never had any bad experiences. Their techs are very knowledgable of the machines. They are always courteous and patient,and if the problem cannot be fixed over the phone they always get
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 11 05:52:04 EDT 2005 | GS
I know this could not be an SMT thread, but in certain way it impacts the PCB/PCBAs Assemblers. Hello everybody, who could help me please to identify if this tool Mmust be or Not compliant with the WEEE and ROHS Eu Directives ? I can define
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 25 15:19:15 EDT 2005 | jimmyjames
Sorry this is such a long thread but I would like as much input as possible to everything I ramble on about... :) ------------------------------------------------------ We are now seeing more and more RoHS parts showing up in our SMT inventory and
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 04 17:40:58 EST 2005 | JeffP
did not count from the time the board was > introduced, because the oven did that. What we > had to count was the seconds from the reflow > point, because it would vary from board to board > as the oven heated up. > I am not certain exactly how
