Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 12:53:15 EDT 2006 | pemea1
Is there a cost analysis? How can a small business (4 employees) compare small lot sizes with companies who have auto insert. machines?
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 13:33:15 EDT 2006 | Chunks
Hi Phil, It all depends on your product. You say small lot sizes, but are your board 20 by 20 inches in size with 5K parts both top and bottom? If so then even building 3 of these could take you days to build. Then take you weeks to trouble shoot
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 07 04:06:36 EDT 2006 | Rob
Also company B may have far higher overheads to support - sales guys, directors, accountants etc. They may also be set up for longer runs so as Ms Chunks previously mentions, the set up & teardowns would also incur the opportunity cost of not being
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 13:47:20 EDT 2006 | pemea1
apples to apples. 20 boards 80 parts top and 10 parts bottom. these boards are done on a semi regular basis (you know the boards are coming to you from an OEM at least three times a month, just no exact schedule). All that is required is pasting..mo
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 15:46:08 EDT 2006 | Chunks
Two reasons company B is asking $40 instead of $15-$20; 1. The set-up of their placement equipment takes time, thus the extra labor. Parts may be hard to get or what they norm keep in stock, plus storage of parts. 2. They know they can get awa
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 09 14:31:38 EST 2004 | Brent
There is standard pick and place equipment such as the Assembl�on (formerly Philips EMT) ACM Micro and AQ-1 that can easily handle your snap-fit through-hole BNC connectors, in addition to other surface mount components and through-hole odd form part
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 23 10:14:31 EDT 2020 | robl
The odd form assemblers are extremely slow compared to the Axial & Radial UIC machines. Also there is a big cost for feeders. Key question is what is the max axial & Max radial feeder count on your biggest job and that will quickly tell you how man
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 12 11:32:36 EST 2003 | lloyd
Depending on quantities etc, you probably have a few options. If it's the automated route you require then any of the radial insertion machines from UIC or TDK will do the job. We've inserted LED's in the past with machines over 10 years old, so if
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 25 09:19:51 EDT 2003 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 12 17:09:11 EDT 2007 | allwave
HI John, I use wave fixtures with titanium inserts. So far I have not seen any problem with walls about 0.010" thickness and 0.120" tall (or deep depending how you see it)...The Titanium-composite interface is also very strong (as long as you have e