Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 18 04:19:33 EDT 2009 | gregoryyork
Glycerine on a PCB is very bad news as it is Hygroscopic and can attract moisture to the Circuit. Alot of this used to be used in HASL Fluxes and is a no go for Circuits that are not going to be washed. They too could dissolve the natural Halides fro
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 17 19:03:53 EST 2009 | rrlotion
There can be an alternative to putting Alcohol Based Sanitizers made with Glycerin into electronic assembly areas. We are already providing an Antibacterial Lotion to many electronic manufacturers so that there is compliance with handling PCB's as w
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 05 11:51:55 EDT 2009 | mikesewell
We managed to run a ~30" board on an Assembleon Topaz/Emerald with only an 18" capacity by getting creative with the board sensors/clamping and running it as two programs, the manufacturer actually helped us through the workaround. I think we hand
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 29 12:45:34 EDT 2009 | europesmt
Probably the machine service key is in on position. Put back to left side. This results in the machine speed is very low and the machine can operate with covers open. Key is located by the hour counter or on the hand held keyboard. Hope this will s
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 04 21:18:23 EST 2009 | isd_jwendell
I only have first-hand experience with 2 pick-n-place machines, but both used a small pressure puff to insure part release. I haven't seen any software settings for this, but a small solenoid valve was dedicated to the operation. I recommend you look
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 09 10:20:56 EST 2009 | davef
Carol: The thread that I posted above is not directed at your question. I'm sorry that I rushed in responding to you. There was two threads posted recently on the topic and I grabbed the wrong one. Here, try this link for a better response: http://
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 15:28:52 EST 2010 | cbart
did the boards get built by hand or via smt process (through reflow oven)? Someone asked earlier if some one touched up the adjacent joint. The answer to that question is yes. Look at how the solder tails off the smt pad away from that joint! I suspe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 14 15:36:23 EST 2010 | tds
JBC Tools has a wire solder feed solder iron. You can control how much is dispensed to the tip. I have sold several of these to customers soldering wires in to terminals. The hand piece is bigger than the typical solder iron but it beats the alter
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 22 15:44:42 EST 2010 | remullis
Just bought a used machine and everything was working fine and now the camera will not initialize. Powered down completely and rebooted, same thing. I powered down again moved camera to center of axis, it moves to the lower right hand corner which I
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 08 21:53:48 EST 2010 | aungthura
We have been using a manual printer for both epoxy and solder paste.Now, our buyer asked us to replace it with 2nd hand SMT SL 2220 stencil printer.Our board size is usually 450x550mm and thousnds of compenents.I want to know that some1 has used this
