Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 24 13:35:11 EDT 2003 | cnotebaert
Ok, I have been trying to purchase a magazine unloader (front of line to load brds into smt equip) from 3 different used equipment manufacturers. I have been hounding them for 4-5 weeks to get me a quote. They all tell me they have them but I have no
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 17 07:07:55 EST 2003 | stefwitt
The version numbers of the software are not the same. There are too many software versions out there to tell you the right match. Some of the latest software requires firmware upgrade on the axis control cards. If you go by the release date, the sta
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 26 12:26:31 EST 2004 | Mike Konrad
Hi Patrick, With all due respect, it is easy to quantify zero. You made a claim that your flux produces ZERO residue. There are several industry-standards (IPC and Military) of determining the cleanliness of post-reflowed circuit assemblies. Th
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 31 20:34:03 EST 2004 | davef
We have not used this specific package. We agree on your toe fillet idea. Toe fillets add no strength to solder connections. This part is a MicroLeadFrame�, which is similar to QFN, BCC, LGA, and whatnot. Consider: * Searching the fine SMTnet Arch
Electronics Forum | Thu May 27 16:07:01 EDT 2004 | Daan Terstegge
Hi All, Until a few years ago one of the most active contributors to SMTnet and the forum was a gentleman named Earl Moon alias Moonman, and I'm sure this rings a bell for many of you. Earl has now bundled his extensive knowledge about electronics m
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 02 15:46:08 EDT 2004 | drlou
I have been reading the forum to try and figure out what brands to look at for Pick and Place machines. We need around 3,600 cph, and would like to be able to handle 0402, soic, tssop, and perhaps as little as 0.020" pitch. Max pcb is 9 x 13". Looks
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 12 10:14:32 EDT 2004 | tigerlordgm
I am working as part of a team to set up a new automated SMT line, with the idea being to keep it as hands off as possible. As part of this, one member of the team has purchased a used Cyberoptics Sentry 2000, which hasn't arrived yet. Since Cyberopt
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 17 15:52:47 EDT 2004 | MikeF
Here's an old thread from the archives that has some info on fluxer stones: http://www.smtnet.com//forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=5780&#Message22853 Also, DaveF recently posted this info: Tim: We haven't bought a stone i
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 25 09:36:24 EDT 2004 | gregp
I have to chime in here. When I read some of these posts its seems as though alot of people are dealing with outdated equipment (or at least equipment that was not designed for today's manufacturing environment). Gone are the days that you could h
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 18 02:16:23 EST 2004 | vinitverma
Hi Rick, First, in the last 6 months my customers have bought 5 FCM 1s and 3 FCM 2s, from the second hand market and NOT from Assembleon for approx. $130K for the FCM 1 and approx. @200K for the FCM 2. And one customer had bought the CP4 for $10K an
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