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 | Sat Jul 13 21:10:23 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Can I get some feedback from everyone, I have a few customers telling me they are having a very big problem with components coming into their factory in the wrong type package, wrong tape, Jedec tray instead of tape etc etc. They then resend them ou
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 02:04:55 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
Hi Dave I wasn't intending to solve here why all the work is going to China but maybe you have solved part of the puzzle. This problem that I was hoping is isolated it sounds like it is much much bigger, it sounds like the buyers are causing alot o
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 17 11:43:31 EDT 2002 | johnw
It depend's as Russ say's on your pallets, things like : material type wall thickness floor thickness selective or open app. but also on the process, the volumes, the number of carriers you have vs the build numbers & cycle time and the machine your
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 22 11:10:05 EDT 2002 | cyber_wolf
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to track feeder maintenance on fuji CP feeders in a contract shop ? We are constantly setting up and tearing down feeders. Some feeders may be getting picked out of way more than others. How does one keep f
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 11:31:37 EDT 2002 | Bob
Be careful when using a sticker, if it is too thick it can affect the print, you may get leakage which can cause the underside of the stencil to get dirty. Another option depending on the quantity is to segregate the boards so that you do not have t
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 06 08:54:21 EDT 2002 | mike
I have two basic questions: 1. We have a number of small convection ovens and want to modify some of these for baking out parts when needed. We have tried pumping nitrogen into these but I still run between 35 and 50 RH. Has anyone tried converting a
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 13 10:26:05 EDT 2002 | lloyd
I am currently running several SMT lines that are placing components onto dispensed adhesive (Heraeus PD 944). My problem is that we have always had an issue with a resin type liquid �condensing� on the inside of our oven chimney and then running bac
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 03 00:03:00 EDT 2002 | TLe
Thanks Guys, I agree, you have to start with basics. Tri Jet, you have a point there: " art not not a science". Basically, it is a simple process. Maby that is why we "rocket scientists" try to get far-fetched answers to our process challenges, it
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 29 17:51:43 EDT 2002 | nifhail
I have seen several Imm Ag pad on the assembled board which have a copper colorleaching through the silver plating This happened on the pad which was not deposited with paste during the assembly process. Don't know if it is a problem, but we only h
