Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 09 10:19:24 EST 2000 | Ashok Dhawan
I have a question (s) on ESD- all related to use of wood in a typical PCB Assembly line: 1. How a wooden mini stool if used for holding tote box ( card board with static protecive coat, black color) can affect static sensitive devices inside the tot
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 13 01:23:33 EST 2001 | JT
Dave is absolutely right. Leave the capital expenditures up to the engineer types. As you become more experienced, they might ask your opinion, but for now let them do their jobs. From the sounds of things, you might have began your career as an e
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 16 11:52:31 EST 2001 | J.D. of Panasonic
Ed, You certainly are ready for some equipment. I noticed in your message that you mentioned cost three times. So it is a very big issue to you. What everything depends on is where you see your company going in the next few years. Do you want
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 11:53:50 EST 2001 | Steve
Take the leap of faith my friend!! Buy the AOI and watch all of your problems disappear. Okay, so I exaggerated a bit. Let me tell you the real story. We purchased a CR Technology RTI6500 almost two years ago. We chose the CR Tech unit because it wa
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 10:51:47 EST 2001 | Deon Nungaray
Hello Phil, AOI equipment has been around for a number of years. I remember evaluating a machine around 5 years ago. At this time the system was not able to learn right side up or upside down characters. Well, the newer systems have come a long way.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 27 21:24:47 EDT 2001 | davef
Welcome. First, proper alignment can produce an order-of-magnitude increase in the number of boards that can be printed without wiping. The initial alignment can be made either by: * Peering through the stencil apertures at the board underneath and
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 04 12:56:02 EDT 2001 | davef
First the platitudes: "Recommendations for your a good feeder maintenance program include the following: 1. Talk to the equipment manufacturer of your P&P equipment. Find out if they have any feeder calibration tools. Most of them do. Some even off
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 06 03:23:01 EDT 2001 | kennyhktan
Hi there Steven ! Please allow me to share some of my problem we're facing here with you. Here are a few points that I suggest you should check on your current process:- (1)PCB - Component land partern design ? It is per IPC spec ? - Mask
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 11 20:17:05 EDT 2001 | davef
I�ve written a review to be published in an up-coming SMTnet Newsletter of �Printed Circuit Assembly Design� Leonard Marks, James A. Caterina [Hardcover - 368 pages (July 26, 2000) McGraw Hill Text; ISBN: 0070411077]. In short, � In �Printed Circui
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 01 11:03:20 EDT 2001 | Chip Gill
I read your request for design information on panel layout for V-scoring, and felt the need to respond. Scored PWB's are indeed more efficient to produce and depanel than tab routed PWB's, but there are also drawbacks associated with this method. T
