Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 09 12:52:00 EDT 2018 | slthomas
We are about to do a second iteration of something we struggled mightily with last time and I'm hoping to at least make a step in the right direction. There are 12 of these parts on the board and virtually all of them required removal and replacemen
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 06 09:01:40 EDT 2018 | robl
We use independant engineers to service our older kit - all with long service careers with the appropriate manufacturers. The manufacturers we deal with tend to have younger engineers who do not know older machines. There are exceptions, in that th
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 30 03:02:03 EDT 2018 | robl
No issues with the OS, it is called VIOS. Good spares support from China, also should be good USA support as there are a fair few machines there. Assembleon has a website for USA spares, including a lot of the old Yamaha machines. Personally, I
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 30 12:03:32 EDT 2018 | cambriadj
It is always an enticing thing to watch high speed machines planting parts lickity split. We are a small shop doing experimental and short runs, and have been running our dear old Mydata TP9-2U for years. No repairs, never failed because we have alwa
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 02:40:24 EDT 2018 | cannizzaro
I have a question about the Gerber file format for PCB prototype. The CAD program I am using is a DOS version and generates Gerber files in the RS-274-D format. However, ALLPCB require the Gerber files in the RS-274-X format. I have to approach other
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 04:45:42 EDT 2018 | robl
Depends on what sort of outfit you are working for, and what you are building. A lot of CEMs are doing Flying Probe or ICT on the boards ahead of investing time building into units or adding parts that prevent access to rework. We have a combination
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 20 16:45:27 EDT 2018 | dleeper
Ideally you would want factory training but with old equipment that might not be feasible. the manufacturer might not offer training for legacy products, or the cost of the training is out of budget. Your next best bet is to find a third party suppl
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 02:30:09 EST 2018 | robl
OK, so all GEM Machines & MG were built by Yamaha, and imported in to Europe & USA and other places by Philips. After a while Philips developed it's own machine - the FCM. Philips then sold off it's SMT division and it was rebranded Assembleon.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 11 18:50:47 EST 2018 | vinzon02
HI Rob; The thermal conductive adhesive needs to apply heat to stick on PCB. It's surface has not adhesive tape to fix it before placement of IC. Process: 1.Place the epoxy adhesive tape on PCB. (IC middle part area) 2.Apply heat on epoxy adhesive
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 11 15:10:11 EST 2018 | med_cezir
Hi Everyone We setup a new smt line consisting from ys24 and ys12. When creating new programs I used stock names and added to database but after a while I recognized even if I used same package before I have to add it again because stock number is n
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