Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 12 10:47:53 EST 2007 | dyoungquist
I have never used a topaz but we are currently running a TP9. I can give you some feedback on a TP9 machine. Answer a few questions first and then I can tell you if I think the TP9 is a good fit for you. What size components are you loading? Low o
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 11:14:22 EST 2007 | taintedone
I am currently looking at selective solder machines. The two that i have looked at are the KIss 104 and the APS Novastar SP A400. Both machines are in the price range i need to be in. There are very different from each other as far as how they do the
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 26 14:13:55 EST 2007 | wayne123
I am not completely sure why it would tell you "board will not be populated" and then build it anyway, but if the only difference between the two programs (working one, not working one) is the fiducials are smaller, did you try reducing the search ar
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 07:25:22 EST 2007 | realchunks
All posters here are right. My point was you have to design your board to the process. You cannot simply take any connector and change it to Pin and Paste. So much depends on your aperture openings, hole size to pin size, board thickness, number o
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 13 08:02:02 EST 2007 | realchunks
You may want to try raising your pre-heater if you have one. I would also suggest trying different fluxes that may be a little more active so you can use less. What type of fluxer are you using? Selective solder flux residue is a gray area. This i
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 11 19:48:37 EST 2007 | arun2382
Hi, If I were working with a 75 um thick stencil, Is there a spec. as to what the maximum value allowed on actual solder height measurements? Stencil type: Laser cut and electropolished Solder paste type: Type 4 Sn-Sb Would the measured values va
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 12 15:00:43 EST 2007 | mefunak
Hi,everybody! There is an interesting things happened with the 0402 components- machine Siemens HF3,it's an Emergency Stop error message " Component not at nozzle before placement" and there is a chance to find an extra components lying in a mess on
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 19 23:53:04 EST 2007 | daxman
Hey Logan, This is an excellent resourse and should have pretty much everything you need. http://www.national.com/packaging/parts/MDIP.html#8 You get a list of a lot of different components and their pictures. You can view their dimensions and look
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 20 10:23:12 EST 2007 | slthomas
You could have said "why don't you just flop 'em over twice into the right tray?" lol. Yeah, that's the right way. I was kind of focused on what I had to do here to get two different parts from full trays into two cut-in-half-the-long-way trays sinc
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 20 07:50:12 EST 2007 | realchunks
Good to know there are a few smart people left in this industry like Darby. I love how everyone assumes the original poster was only talking solder paste. We use screen printers for five different materials. Some of which we triple print by design
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