Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 27 13:43:42 EST 2007 | wavemasterlarry
Thanks Russ. Everyone knows that when you clean your wave you wear a dust mask. Well that tells ya the lead is flying around. So same goes fr your oven. Hot solder paste turns into the lead. And like a wave it is very hot. Hot stuff vaporizes l
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 27 23:58:49 EST 2007 | KEN
Hmmm.... I had Intel survey my process on a mixed alloy line for 2 days. They periodically removed boards from all stations on the line (including post reflow). Boards were "crushed" and spearated into constituent plastic, ceramic and metals. All
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 14:10:36 EST 2007 | bobpan
The quad 1000 is best used for 0805 parts and larger. It is termed a chip shooter meaning 'for the most part' passives only. There is no optical alignment and it has mechanical centering using precisor pads. Fiducial finding is done with a beam and n
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 16:07:23 EST 2007 | Jon Elson
The ad is confusing. He has NO feeders! That certainly reduces the value of the machine. Now that I know the general capability of the machine, I'm inclined not to go for it. With shipping, feeders, possible repairs, etc. it could be real expensi
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 16:20:11 EST 2007 | jmelson
I would appreciate any pointers to smaller machines that are newer and more flexible (vision, mostly). I am a one-man manufacturer, and have been doing all boards by hand so far. So, my budget on this is pretty small, but I understand that getting
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 22 09:21:57 EST 2007 | Cmiller
Mydata would be good, Contact Systems would be good for what you are doing, very good software, crappy feeders but fine for 0805 parts. You may be able to get a Universal GSM pretty cheap these days. If you make a decision then look for a machine you
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 08 06:30:48 EST 2007 | tommyttr
Chris, The machine is looking for a response from the LC. Usually, it will hang up from a corrupted .gf file. delete all the .gf files from the station. make sure you are NOT hooked up to the LC and/or LC turned off, put machine in stand alone mode.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 22 11:33:24 EST 2007 | sliebl
We recently added an SPM printer to our SMT department and I need to buy some tooling pins and center supports. Other than MPM, is there any aftermarket support for this machine? Can anyone point me towards any suppliers for the above mentioned parts
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 22 18:28:28 EST 2007 | Cmiller
You could probably put a 1/4" plate of steel over the aluminum and make some shorter magnet pins. I think the factory upgrade was $3500 to $4500. Its hard to justify the cost based on saving maybe 5 minutes a set-up for an operator. But your lines wi
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 22 20:17:34 EST 2007 | dekhead
My guess from your description is that you're talking about the board at stop sensor (mounted on camera) that is seeing the board, but the board edge is not hitting the stopper. Either the board stop is not extending fully, or the board is sagging an
