Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 03 13:10:15 EDT 2007 | slthomas
Personally I wouldn't count anything but minutes. You need to know how long it takes to perform each task in order to balance your line. What I'm gathering is that you've got one printer feeding 4 machines, all running different jobs or maybe a pai
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 12 09:50:51 EDT 2007 | pjc
There have been many designs of apertures for 0402, round, home plate, inverted home plate and various reduction amounts for square or rectangular apertures. What works best for a given application depends on PCB design, solder land finish, stencil t
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 27 12:51:07 EDT 2007 | Machine Designer
The trade imballance isn't even being talked about in Washington. But still I can't see why on a global scale only China can compete when it comes to making goods. Speaking of Washington cleaning house in congress sounds like good idea but truthful
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 18 09:16:51 EDT 2007 | Cecil
We currently have an assembly that we have to mask the surface of several (24)SMT components where thermal compound is applied at a latter operation. These component packages vary from BGA's to QFP's. After the thermal compound is applied the PWA is
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 09:49:57 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi T, Gluing parts to the back side for wave solder is a widely used process. Running waves pallets is probably the last way I would want to run a wave. There are just so many things that have to be done to assure good quality first time pass, tha
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 27 08:58:49 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
There are several pallet manufacturers, Ascentec Engineering, Pentagon EMS, and S&P Engineering - to name a few - that make titanium inserts for wave pallets. These inserts (inserted into your delmat or CDM material) will act as your pockets to mask
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 26 11:40:10 EDT 2007 | CL
Good Morning, We have a 3D solder paste inspection machine. We purchased it on a recommendation from a consultant. We are a CM high mix low volume. The President of my company has attended some seminars and meetings where it was conveyed to her that
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 26 12:06:08 EDT 2007 | basem
$100K for this entire line. We are thinking of getting a Chinese made reflow oven that looks pretty good at $25K. Also, we need to deposit solder using a dispenser as stencil printing will be reserved only for higher volume boards. It will not be pra
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 28 17:35:21 EDT 2007 | grantp
Hi, I don't want to be impolite here, but I must say that it's really weird that because your based on Syria, so you "don't want a US made machine" however I think about 95% of the people on this forum and the forum itself are USA based, so it's ok
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 30 03:18:58 EDT 2007 | basem
Thanks Grant. I found several machines that has absolutely now American ICs or software. Phillips makes many ICs and its HQ is in The Netherlands, STMicroelectronics HQ is in Switzerland, Samsung HQ in Korea, Infenion HQ in Germany, Hitatchi HQ Japa