Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 18 18:29:16 EST 1999 | M Cox
Clarissa Even with a sound support team, buying used equipment is always risky. Some things to consider 1) Call the manufacturer, and make sure they still support the equipment, Parts and Technical. 2) Look at the machines with somebody who knows t
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 11:27:39 EST 1999 | C.K.
Hey Folks: I just want to get an idea how many of you use in-line or off-line visual inspection for solder paste deposition? At my company, we have one off-line, and it inspects for paste height. It's not always consistent either. Sometimes, it g
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 11:54:45 EST 1999 | Mike Naddra
At reflow an inert atmosphere is used to mitigate the occurance of oxidation, to me the decision weather to move from an inert atmosphere is based on several things ; PCB surface finish - are you using a HASL finish, OSP or another surface finish and
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 08 04:19:16 EST 1999 | pascal MATHIEU
I am working in electronic automotive industry and today we are facing to a very serious problem : if we want to use a PCBoard with a copper thickness of 90�m + fine pitch circuit (0.65mm, 0.5mm) the supplier(several) of the PCB has some trouble t
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 17 15:01:44 EST 1999 | Doug Philbrick
I am a Siemens person myself but you won't get 23", you can get 20 though and I believe you could feed in a 23" board length wise. If your parts fit in a 20" area 80F4 is the way I would go. My second choice would be MYdata. They are the large board
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 17 15:05:29 EST 1999 | Wade
I have had an Orbotech VT-8000 running in-line for almost a year and have been very pleased. The VT-8000 does everything the application engineers say it can do. The support and honesty provided by the Orbotech staff is outstanding. I talked to Vi
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 09 17:26:13 EST 1999 | Dave F
Horace: You weren't real specific about the set-up of the two machines. So what's the diff man?? Big dross generators are: 1 R Woodgate says that pump speed is the biggest driver to dross production 2 Chrys uses low dross cast bar: Alpha HiFlo 3
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 14:00:07 EST 1999 | John Thorup
You know, Rich - if the only problem with your present method of delivery is that the container runs dry and the pump sucks air you can add a non-invasive low level alarm quite simply and for about $100. A suitable adjustable sensitivity capacitive
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 21:41:46 EST 1999 | chartrain
Temperature vs time is what soldering is all about. The faster you run your conveyor, the more heat will have to come from the pot for a given assembly. Example: You heat the board to 200F top side through the preheaters. Eutectic 63/37 melts at 361.
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 09:52:44 EST 1999 | Dave F
John: Three things: 1 You are correctamundo!!!! What's the difference between slopping alcohol on dirty boards and washing dirty boards? Clean boards!!!! By the time those very nice people get done with their alcohol cleaning (a nip for the boar
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