Electronics Forum | Tue May 31 16:21:25 EDT 2005 | fastek
Panasonic and Fuji made their reputations in this business with their chipshooters. These are bullet proof machines that will perform admirably in the field for decades hence their reputation cannot be argued. However...what they are building today a
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 29 08:32:08 EST 2005 | stefwitt
Particular as a small company and limited resources you�ll be requiring a lot of assistance from the machine vendor. Did you check which other machines are used in your area and if there is already a local service tech? Did you get in contact with o
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 11 11:40:41 EDT 2006 | global
We have a Siemens S15 and an F3, which we have only had now for about 4 months. We have an old line of HS180s and an SP120 and have found that the S15 and F3 do not have the option to skip a part if one runs out during placement. We from time to time
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 04 13:06:09 EST 2006 | Todd
I work for a small SMT contract manufacturer with a couple SMT lines utilizing both old (IP1, CP3) and newer (CP643, XP242)Fuji machines. We have an issue with an IP1 that has us stumped. One of the device locations has no power. After some basic tro
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 16 22:43:56 EST 2006 | Ola
Hi, If I remember correctly (it has been about 15 years since i worked with one of these.)The old MCS machine is based upon a Motorola 6800/68000-series Micro processor and the operating system is OS/9 from Microware Systems Corporation. This was a r
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 11 09:19:56 EST 2007 | SMTRework
I know this is not the correct forum to post chip "reworking" questions but you guys have been very helpful in the past. My question is this, when we rework BGA components most of the time the solder reflows at a normal temp and all is well. On occ
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 06:18:50 EST 2007 | CL
Good Morning Stephen, 1) Most solder paste manufacturers recommend a 2 hour temperature stabilazation period. Solder paste should not be opened and exposed to ambient air if it is still cold. 2)Manufacturers do not reccomend mixing old and new paste
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 12 14:19:16 EDT 2007 | Grant
no offense Grant--I was designing P & P equipment and vehemently studying > competition when your mother was still wiping your nose...I was just ? >responding to the previous comment about footprint and feeder capacity--for > which there is no equal
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 14:43:22 EDT 2007 | jmelson
For a microscope, you want one with the greatest working distance and depth of field you can get. You don't want a lot of magnification, so something like 0.7 - 20 X is good. If you are buying new, have salesmen bring them by and actually try them
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 17 08:58:21 EST 2007 | Frank
You can spend a couple grand on a manual screen printer, or do what I did back in the day: place the board on the work bench and lay the stencil on the board. If you can hold it steady enough you can use a putty knife to apply your paste. For the s
