Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 21 09:46:41 EDT 2001 | davef
I was reading something in the paper this morning where the police have found that having a witness look at six pictures of suspects laid-out on a table [the six pack method in their parlance] is more error prone than just looking through the stack o
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 10:46:36 EDT 2001 | Steve
Most of the problems that you will find with NC is visual. I have not found or heard of any real evidence that NC causes component or board failures. The residue has extremely high resistance, which actually gets higher as time goes on. It's a paradi
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 01 23:47:38 EDT 2001 | nifhail
Hi Dave G, What is the estimated Price for the complete database. Don't have to be accurate. I was trying to get our IT to help in designing the basic database for feeders' tracking but, now they hv asked me to write ROI, I have a real bad headache
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 27 21:17:10 EDT 2001 | Mike Kennedy
We are looking at another pick&place machine for our production line and are leaning towards the Juki2000 series and the YamahaYV series machines. I would like any feedback from those in the industry who have used either of these machines. Also we cu
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 04 17:46:22 EDT 2001 | Marshall
The YV100X is Phillips TopazX in the U.S. while the YV88 is the Emerald. Now, We find the Juki's 2020 and 2030 more superior than Yamaha's or Philip's because of their flexibility in component handling and the standard features that come with the Juk
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 29 09:17:20 EDT 2001 | davef
Tough to say, but ... Chlorine: Many fluxes contain chlorine. Sulphur: Many solders and paper packing materials contain sulphur. Sodium: No idea. IPC-J-001 talks to board cleanliness and specifies criteria according to the cleanliness test met
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 22 21:11:38 EDT 2001 | ksfacinelli
We have utilized the ERSA Scope for over one year. Our experience is that it is an excellent product in evaluation of problematic assemblies. It takes a little bit of time getting dialed in on the equipment but once you have it mastered it can see
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 18:49:20 EDT 2001 | arsmoriendi
i have a problem with some units that had one capacitor only soldered in one side, the geometry of the capacitor is 0805, our product during his life suffer a lot of stress (due temperature or vibration), some of those units are already with the cost
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 03 15:53:17 EDT 2001 | nwyatt
We have purchased 2 and will be implementing them in our line shortly. We have one for component inspection and one for paste inspection. We are planning on starting with it "dummed down" and then adding more variables and tightening our criteria a
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 06 07:49:16 EST 2000 | Dave F
Casimir: A comment and a couple questions: * Have you considered a machine that forms component leads to "self-clinch?" With this forming components snap into hole in the boards with the proper finished lead length and requires not trimming after