Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 19 09:25:05 EDT 2017 | charliedci
We run loader (no conveyor) printer (conveyor) P&P (conveyor) P&P. Hand carry to reflow, hand carry to AOI. Conveyors are there for reason you mentioned, access to equipment. It is much easier to move conveyor than P&P or printer. Fortunately have no
Electronics Forum | Wed May 17 02:32:39 EDT 2017 | bukas
Rob explained very well what it takes to start SMT line. The question is what infrastructure do you have at your factory? any category Rob mentioned can have time consuming complications and this is why you should find professional to start the SMT
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 13:00:27 EDT 2017 | stephendo
If the OEM is doing the installation then phone up the sales guy to touch base and find out what you have to have ready for when the tech shows up to install it. The sales person will want everything to go smoothly as much as you do. Play your cards
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 21 12:33:39 EDT 2017 | sumote
I agree that a preheater would be a good thing to try. Before you buy one, try heating your boards up in an oven, then putting them on your machine. Any oven will do, just make sure you leave them in long enough to get a good thermal soak. Also, as
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 05 17:37:46 EDT 2017 | tobytoby292
I have a UP-100 screen printer that was locking up on me by removing my cursor and not allowing any button presses. I did a hard reset and this fixed it temporarily i now have encountered a new problem where the unit displays a "communication error""
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 31 14:06:40 EDT 2017 | rgduval
Ain't that the truth!! In a previous life, we did a (somewhat brief) cost analysis of class three rework being performed on class two boards. When we realized how much time/money we were losing due to unnecessary rework, we decided to start taking
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 24 12:08:51 EDT 2017 | jellevandoornik
Hello, I am looking for the name of a type of connector that connects wires on one side and simply slides on the side of a PCB to connect. The PCB has copper lines on the surface (so no connector part rigidly mounted to the PCB). Can anyone help me
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 05 14:31:42 EDT 2017 | rgduval
Create a package, set the mechanical centering to the dimensions of the 8-DFN that you're trying to place, test the centering. Tweak the dimension that's failing. Shouldn't be too much of a problem. An 8-DFN package is nothing more than a rectangu
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 08 12:03:24 EDT 2017 | rameshraja
Hi, I need the RF 800 Flux Acid titration procedure and also require EPT of the same to add thinner ( RF 800 additive), i.e we are using the flux rf 800 for our wave soldering process having foam fluxer , after 2 hours we are taking sample from the
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 05 04:30:02 EST 2017 | jan_pedersen
You find good information in IPC-4554 that includes recommended total Sn thickness and recommended free Sn. It refers to how much usable Sn is needed to meet coating durability categories defined in J-STD-003. As example, if you need 6 months shelf l
