Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 02 11:23:52 EST 2001 | dougt
Here's my 2 cents....... I worked for a small company that manufactures pick and place machines and had the task of testing/troubleshooting and the dreaded calibration. These machines used vision for part orentation and have what I considered aweso
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 17:48:58 EST 2001 | Mike Konrad
There are a few good de-fluxing chemicals and many more �not-so-good� de-fluxing chemicals. As a manufacturer of cleaning equipment, it is imperative that our customers use a de-fluxing chemical that: #1: Removes flux #2: Is environmentally safe
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 20 17:53:02 EST 2002 | djarvis
I certainly fit both citeria - 6'4" with a face like a bashed crab. I think I'm the one on the far right in white in the top picture at http://www.delicate.com/audio.htm which I believe is us at Mudd Island, Memphis in 1983. Alisa and Steve - now I
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 21 21:21:37 EST 2002 | davef
In the beginning, there was TO-5. And it was good. Flushed with success, they created TO-220. It too was good. Then came SMT. It was better than some things, but then again ... In these early days, there was a haze on the horizon that blocked t
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 25 15:51:04 EST 2002 | davef
ASQC re-numbered the once free (taxpayer sponsored development) MIL-STD-105 as ASQ-Z1.4, slapped their own cover on it, and now charge $40 or $50 for the same document! The standards are identical, so see if you can get one of the old �MIL-STD's� and
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 01 20:10:24 EST 2002 | davef
Oh. [Howabout if I smack you?] If ahma connectin� wif whut yer sayin�, you: * Don�t like the appearance of the glue slobberin� out from under the component even though there is no apparent glue on solderable surfaces. * Concerned about the hydrosco
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 18:40:05 EDT 2002 | dougt
Here is how smema works: Machine A has a board to give to machine B. Machine A has an opto or a relay that will turn on or close when it is ready to pass this board to machine B. This is the "board available from previous" signal, telling machine B
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 21:46:01 EDT 2002 | scottefiske
In the past year I was responsible for developing and leading a Team focused on AOI, Evaluation, Justification, and with a full ROI required, supporting a HMLV manufacturing environment. If you have in these economic times the additional resources t
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 07 08:47:45 EST 2003 | msivigny
Hello Peter, In reflow, running a profile and collecting thermal data does not necessarily make it easy to calculate and determine machine capability. On the contrary to your desires of simplifying the process, determining machine capability on an ov
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 14:13:52 EDT 2003 | stefwitt
My opinion to hold on to your machines was based on the current market situation. First of all, I don�t believe that a customer with ten boards will go to China for prototype production. Truth is, that the remaining market here is the prototyping mar