Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 02 17:47:21 EST 2004 | gpaelmo
Yes, We have done away with masking with kapton 8 yrs ago. As long as the goldfingers are leading edge you can use one of these: 1. rubber goldfinger boot/glove - contact east use to carry them...don't know if they still do. 2. fiberglass glove - ma
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 29 08:54:46 EST 2003 | pjc
SPM is superior. SPM has larger print area, up to 20� x 19", vs. 17.7� x 15.7� for the UltraPrint 100. UP100 is microprocessor controlled while the SPM has a PC. The SPM cameras can be positioned more rapidly and with greater accuracy than UP100's.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 03 03:36:02 EST 2004 | Barney
I see on Contact Systems site there is a new machine. I have spoken to one of there c7 machine owners. I believe they are the only one. I have been told he cant get support. Has Contact decided to drop the c7? Contact only has two people in there sup
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 05 11:12:16 EST 2004 | gregp
Barney, Please tell me who it is that told you this customer cannot get support. Certainly it is not the customer himself. We have been at this customer with top level engineers at the drop of a hat from day one. As for the C7 it is part of the new
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 30 16:49:21 EST 2004 | Mike Zadrejko, Videotek, Inc.
Barney, We currently have 3 Contact Systems machines, (1) C3AV and (2) C3AVXs and I can't say enough good things about the machines or the support. It has always, always been there since we started dealing with them in 1991. The Service Dept personn
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 07 09:09:44 EST 2004 | russ
Her is how we rework these typew of components. First remove the device using hot air. It is sometimes helpful to heat the back of the board if possible to get the thermal pad heated with less strain on adjacent comps. Remove the remaining solder
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 14 10:07:38 EST 2004 | Patrick
More on QFP soldering issue as per Paul f original e-mail. 1. Problems occured on different PCB's, on different lines using different equipment 2. Flux residue is common in the dimple on the solder. 3. The fault occurred using both "Kester 265" & "Al
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 12 18:40:32 EST 2004 | fastek
You don't want dedicated tooling. Make sure your machine comes with front and rear dams and plenty of side chucks and magnetic support pins. The best option for these machines is the side snugger option but it doesn't sound like your machine has that
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 12:43:24 EST 2004 | cyber_wolf
I have to disagree with Fastek. We only use dedicated tooling on our AP machines. Dedicated tooling pros: *Set up time is 90%+ faster than universal tooling. *It is very easy to train operators to install dedicated support plates. *You do not need
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 13 18:29:35 EST 2004 | Tom B
I agree with Fastek. Universal tooling is the way to go if you got high changeover. Another option is Grid Loks support system (http://www.grid-lok.com/) Basically remove the ztower and add this system. It'll cost ya about 10K. Get board snugge