Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 22 22:28:30 EDT 2009 | sbayeta
I think I forgot to mention a little detail here: our boards go through automatic insertion before entering the smt train. We use old machines (universal radial 3 and radial 5), so clinching is not perfect. Do you still think glue printing is a good
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 24 09:00:30 EDT 2009 | stepheniii
Those articles are talking about screening before PTH placement. They are talking about pin in paste. He would still have to stencil the glue before the PTH parts. How would the squeege go over the clinched leads? And if he does get a new line I wo
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 02 14:52:24 EDT 2009 | davef
If you know "soldering Pb free (Sac based soler) to Pb/Sn coated lands is a no-no," why would soldering with Pb/Sn to Pb-free coated lands be different? If you are going to do this, follow the advice of an earlier poster who recommended higher peak s
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 13 01:39:37 EDT 2009 | jjmag921612000
If you are using a current board program, and then modifying to your new board. It is possible to have the wrong PCB dimension data in for your new PCB. You should review all of you basic information about the pcb, and then go into the fiducial teac
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 20 08:49:46 EST 2010 | edmaya33
I heard some of the manpower of KY transfer to VI technologies to introduce a new technology, same manner as of KY had. This french owned company post an impressive Inspection machine ( Both AOI and SPI ). Going back to ORBOTECH P36+, is there any
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 28 07:26:19 EDT 2009 | julie331975
I don't like these boards for a couple different reasons. 1. They may be fine functionally but they look like crap. 2. What is our customer going to think when we deliver boards that look like this? They will probably wonder the same thing I do...
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 04 12:21:34 EST 2009 | adlsmt
Considering the volume it would seem you are better off to go to a small contract shop. If you let us know what area you are in Im sure you could find one that would be acceptable. You should not have problems with accuracy or lead times with the typ
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 30 08:12:10 EDT 2009 | rajeshwara
HI NEMO , I HAVE GOOD EXPERIENCE OF PDT AOI SUPPLIED BY SAMSUNG TECHWIN IT IS CAPABLE OF HANDLE SUCH THING AT GREAT LEVEL ,JUST NEED GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF PROGRAMMING AND DEBUGGING , WE ACHIEVED 100 PPM WITH HELP OF IT , U GO FOR 5 CAMERA WHICH WIL
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 18 08:49:36 EST 2009 | jdumont
ACI Technologies, Inc is who we go to for ours. They are good but its not cheap. Expect to pay almost $1000 for one. Depending on what you need, your bare PCB manufacturer may do this for you for next to nothing. The information they gain from doi
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 24 10:07:42 EST 2009 | edwaterfall01
Get two connectors to fit the SMEMA 1 connectors on either end of the machine. Need only two wires on each connector going to momentary contact sw. Input is pins 1 & 2 to switch and output side is pins 3 & 4 to switch. If this doesn't work then ch
