Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 30 18:43:31 EST 2001 | mparker
My first thought is board warp. This is something you can't see when the board is in a reflow oven. I see it occasionally going through wave solder. You may need a pallet with hold down clamps for reflow. Try putting a bare board in a baking oven at
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 12 16:30:21 EDT 2002 | stepheno
If you are going to wavesolder the board after SMT you will have to epoxy the parts on instead of paste/reflow. I used to work for a company that squeeged it on. You will have to research component layout guidelines if you do want to wavesolder. If
Electronics Forum | Fri May 31 15:24:17 EDT 2002 | davekalen
I have seen manufacturing leave the rust belt for Mexico and I am now seeing Mexico plants closing and work going to China. I know that the equipment sales are really in a slump as everyone else has said. It is interesting to see that company after c
Electronics Forum | Wed May 29 19:00:08 EDT 2002 | russ
Have been seeing a pretty fair amount ourselfs. it seems to come and go. Couple of questions 1. Are the parts shifting to one side during reflow? 2. is it true non wetting to the component? I have been experimenting with different pad geometries a
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 13:15:32 EDT 2002 | stepheno
My take on it, is that you can't exactly match labour to machine requirements. So the question is, which are you going to focus on? Keeping the machine busy or keeping the people busy. One or the other will have "waiting" periods. To me because the
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 20:46:40 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Dave, you are ahead of me again. I was thinking that this morning. however it clearly is a problem for him and I based the rest on my experience, anything can be improved but at what cost. If nothing else he can get more boards off his line at the
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 15:27:37 EDT 2002 | pjc
Upgrading to 1.6 is not going to buy you anything worth the effort. 1.5 to 1.6 is just a software upgrade- no hardware. If you are the original owner of the machine the software is $600 plus cost for field service engineering to install. If you are n
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 16:45:31 EDT 2002 | pjc
Yeah, you'll get the blue button functionality w/ 1.6. That protects the machine by disabling the magazine before its pulled from the machine. It tells the computer not to pick from that mag. Going from 1.4.7 is the same as going from 1.5, just softw
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 13:42:27 EDT 2002 | Claude_Couture
Getting more technology for less money also means the workers have to work more for less pay... consumer culture of demanding ever more gadgets for less money forces manufacturing to cut cost everywhere. The current standard of living in North Americ
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 28 19:47:49 EDT 2002 | Dreamsniper
It is possible that sooner they will build their High End Equipment in China since most of the CM's are moving to China. But what will be the effect on the quality of these equipment and how will that impact their reliability will be a big question.
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