Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 18 17:32:10 EST 2017 | b_harte
Hi James,(Apologies for the long post) If you are still having this problem there is a solution that you can try. If on a paper carrier the black support / insert can be modified. the insertion of a cylinder magnet can hold the component down at "fas
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 10:33:38 EST 2015 | jackm
I have a Gold-Flow GF-12 reflow oven. When entering "Work" mode, I get a screen that says that the oven needs to be tuned first. I am able to start the autotuning process (found the password on SMTnet), but the unit just seems to run forever in that
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 07 14:55:41 EST 2015 | clydestrum
So I have an issue coming up that I'm not too sure how to handle. A board was designed with the wrong footprint for a 3-lead transistor in which the single-lead side has a much larger (think thermal pad for qfn) copper land than what is meant for the
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 10 19:43:21 EST 2015 | ttheis
Regarding redundancy to keep an old GSM machine from going down, I've backed up my mapping, calibration and configurations files and I'm picking up spare parts here and there for the VME but I would like to have something in place in the even the mac
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 18 12:25:40 EST 2015 | deanm
We are required by AS9100 to keep expired material/chemicals off the floor. Examples include solder paste, flux, adhesives, conformal coating, etc. We have a system in place to prevent such occurrences but once in a while something is not accounted f
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 19 05:17:19 EST 2015 | sarason
Do you just wish to use the setup as a visual aid to alignment. In which case this is not a bad idea. the only issue you will find yourself finding, is he field of view you will need to get your alignment. I have done this sort of thing with a hybrid
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 23 15:35:18 EST 2015 | taborheiking
So I'm in Maintenance and I've been getting a lot of component feeder magazines back that have faulty circuit boards etc and I was wondering if there was anyone out there who has made a desk top test fixture for any of the Agilis or TMD Magazines or
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 09 13:05:25 EST 2016 | aemery
Wow! a 500, That's a Battleship there, old and may leak a lot but gets the job done. Mike Schwager is a great guy and knows his stuff. If he doesn't have the time or resources I would be happy to be his backup if you're in a pinch. I generally onl
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 14:19:07 EST 2016 | hegemon
What SWAG said. We use a PCB Router exclusively for rigid flex assemblies. On a side note, we have begun to save fixturing costs by using 3D print technology to produce many of the fixtures, for both rigid and rigid flex. We can design and print l
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 07 03:26:58 EST 2016 | sarason
My program PCBSynergy generates over 80 SMT formats. Unfortunately it only does the Siemens *.NC format at the moment. If you send me a copy of the format and the CAD file or the XYR file in a spreadsheet, which generated it. I can easily add it, esp
