Electronics Forum | Sun May 31 11:19:19 EDT 2015 | visionbot
Good luck Alexandru. I went through this years > ago and it is a lot of fun. For the next 5-6 > years you will learn a lot about P&P systems, as > you will get your feedback from your > customers(trust me it is going to be a lot and > you will
Electronics Forum | Wed May 06 20:52:26 EDT 2015 | arbpkevin
I have been using my topaz X for about 4 years now and I feel that I am fairly knowledgeable about it, at least the functions of it that I use... I am trying to use the LCS to place some qfp chips on a new product and I have set the whole thing up t
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 20:50:55 EDT 2015 | jlawson
Siemens FX may have some good parts in MES part but front end and NPI tools are much more limited to what Valor MSS offers... As total package end to end Valor MSS can provide full scope. Siemens has not put much R&D and enhancements in front end 'U
Electronics Forum | Sat May 09 02:45:45 EDT 2015 | costas
Hi, I've bought a camera for video inspection ,Metcal VPI 1000 model. Price was reasonable. Unfortunately the light and video control box was missing. Now the light I can easily fix but I have no idea about the video part, I do not know the tasks for
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 10 00:34:40 EDT 2015 | vinitverma
I understand from your post that the head does go to the nozzle changer intending to change the nozzle but sometimes it entirely fails to pick up the nozzle and sometimes the nozzle gets picked up a bit but gets stuck in the nozzle changer. This mos
Electronics Forum | Thu May 14 10:00:14 EDT 2015 | swag
I like MpM personally - run forever and programming is easy and leads you through it. It's hard to miss a step of programming with MpM software. DEK's a little harder (for me) but still very nice controls. The pluses of DEK - DEK has a high freque
Electronics Forum | Fri May 15 10:12:21 EDT 2015 | capse
I'm the Rep for Vitronics Soltec and ASYS EKRA in the southeastern US. I suggest you take a look at Vitronics ovens. The AutoSet feature makes new profile development as easy as possible without buying a third party accessory, The new EKRA user inter
Electronics Forum | Fri May 15 12:41:48 EDT 2015 | deanm
I chose a Vitronics XPM3i primarily for the AutoSet automatic profile generation feature. We are high mix and simply cannot profile every board. The AutoSet feature is quick, easy and we rely on it 100% and have great results. These ovens have had ve
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 12:42:43 EDT 2015 | deanm
Sr. Tech, you are right in that there is no verification of the profile. We are a Class 3 high mix OEM. We have visual inspection after SMT. We have not seen problems with wetting, grainy solder, cold solder, charred boards, etc. that would indicate
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 17:48:48 EDT 2015 | aemery
It's your first line, go with established manufacturers. Whether new or used it ultimately comes down to does the tool do the job and how well is it supported (labor/parts) if it does break down. I am a former field eng. with Speedline and now run
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