Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 21 09:35:25 EST 2014 | gregcr
99% of the time the effort to try and track, count and update inventory takes more cost in labor than the parts are worth. We plan 2% scrap rate and move on with life. Simplifying the concept can actually save a lot of money in the long run. Can be
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 26 11:53:53 EST 2014 | philc
Reckon on around 2% of wasted parts for each and every component used, and you won't be too far off. Decide on a value below which you don't care, and for parts that cost more than that, you need to keep a closer eye on them to see if they are indee
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 16 16:01:31 EST 2015 | emeto
GSMs are great machines for many parts, but for the small parts you should look for something better and more contemporary. As it was mentioned in one of the previous posts, the feeder is a big key. I don't think there is feeder for GSM that can supp
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 24 15:52:58 EST 2015 | swiese242
We currently have around 20k+ components in stock. I would like to have some opinions on creating a more lean manufacturing system. We check stock in our system and then order parts. Most of time leading to employees looking for parts, or shorts. We
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 22 10:08:52 EDT 2015 | emeto
I assume you are running Lead paste and that is why your parts are moving during reflow. Most probably these caps have leads that are bended in random directions(look at some parts from the bottom and observe how symmetrical the leads are). In additi
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 17 10:02:38 EDT 2015 | rgduval
Having some issues with our GSM picking parts that are delivered by the PTF off center; and wondering if there's a relatively painless way to calibrate where the head goes to pick the part on the belt. Near as I can see, the PTF is picking the parts
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 29 11:58:41 EST 2016 | dustin
When looking at 0402 parts in our old style Europlacer trolleys, the pick up point is in between two part slots. I have heard that there is a manual adjust somewhere on the sides of the trolley that will let you move part into the pick up window. I h
Electronics Forum | Tue May 03 10:51:41 EDT 2016 | swag
UIC'S newer software has a category you can change to force a part to the back during optimization for this very reason. I think it's done in placement list. Example: A part coded 1000 will place after a part coded 500. I don't recall what it is
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 16 22:51:06 EDT 2016 | aemery
Sorry I didn't catch your message sooner! 20k is way to much. The odds of you having 3 bad platens and 3 bad forcer motors would be very unlikely, unless the machine was sitting outside or something. If it is a 10 year old AP then I assume it must
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 26 19:59:02 EDT 2016 | mhanrahan
We've just purchased a CP45FV Neo to replace an ancient Panasonic line. First non-Panasonic placement equipment I've worked on, so learning as I go here. So far it's been pretty straightforward. However, we use some parts that come in QFN or LCC p
