Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 19 14:01:24 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi You never know about DaveyF, Is he just busting us for our commentary or is he serious. For Me: I love the French and the Germans and the Russians, and the Chineese. OK even the people of Iraq and Iran and N.Korea Oh and we have another lit
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 03 09:48:31 EST 2003 | davef
R1: Contacting Altera to find out if the BGA pads are gold. D1: Bet money the pads were ENIG. R2: Contacting Altera to find out if they use abrasives. D2: If abrasives were the problem, you�d see it in many pads, especially those close to the probl
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 18 13:47:19 EDT 2003 | davef
Brian What did we recommend? We just gave you a link so that you can see how to get your pictures on-line, so that we can see what�s going on. Anyhow, if we understand what you saying, [We're slow today. So, please be patient.] your situation is:
Electronics Forum | Fri May 16 12:14:04 EDT 2003 | pjc
The UIC HSP (Sanyo), like Panasonic MV MS and Fuji CP, are random access turret type chip-shooters. Having a split carriage, typically 2x 60, 2x 70 or 2x 80 input carriage tables, allows for faster changeovers provided you have enough positions on ea
Electronics Forum | Tue May 27 12:40:50 EDT 2003 | davef
Hi Bill You said, "silicon". We assume by your discussion that you ment to say, "silicone". For background on silicone and soldering, check with Dow Corning [517-496-6000]. They make a OS2 [VOC-free] silicone stripper and should be able to give y
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 23 17:28:11 EDT 2003 | Garth
You feel Service and Customer Relations is 80% of the product? To me this statement implies that 80% of my total interaction with the machine is with their service and/or customer relation departments. You must enjoy having your machine down. I wa
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 09 17:53:28 EDT 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi My guess is you're from China area, Four Tigers, or Korea. I think you are limiting yourself by only asking for end users opinions, yet that is my long term disagreeably educated opinion. I am going to one of these AOI things this week and mayb
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 11 09:59:19 EDT 2003 | jgregory
Hello all, We have came into this problem that I wanted to get everyone's input on from the SMTNET. We have roughly four pieces of equipment from a major manufacturer that we purchased from various brokers. We have two reflow ovens, one wave solder,
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 12 13:01:08 EDT 2003 | ServGuy
Yeah, what Techsuppguy said. But further there are a few more points. The first is in the current market situation far less new machine are being purchased and far more are just changing hands. In the past the ratio of warranty machine service pho
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 12 14:34:50 EDT 2003 | Steve
Varied opinions on this thread spread faster than wild-fire. First, I must say that analogies to auto dealers are a bit flawed. Business to Consumer is one thing. Business to Business is a completely different ballgame . . . no sense of comparing t
