Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 05 00:51:58 EST 2007 | omidjuve
We have a problem with soldering of a 96 pin header connector(9001-11961c00l1a from kingmate) we use 3 different wave soldering but in all of the machines we have many short circuit between the pins . the wave soldering machines that we use is fr
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 08 16:02:28 EST 2007 | ck_the_flip
We've got lots of connectors at my place of employment like this. What I do is... I run these "slower than molasses in January" - we're talkin' 2 Ft/Min. conveyor speeds. Obviously this will have an effect on your thermal profile so compensate acco
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 12:58:20 EST 2007 | Frank
I agree with Jon, that using Gerber data is a pain in the butt, but that doesn't answer your question about what software to use. CircuitCAM, VALOR, UniCAM (now Tecnomatix), and GC Place are the more popular third party software packages that deal d
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 14:41:49 EST 2007 | mainenetservices
We are looking into what equipment would be necessary assemble circuit boards. We will most likely purchase a circuit board and use a pick and place machine to populate the board, and then send through a reflow oven. Then inspect the boards and ass
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 12 12:00:59 EST 2007 | wayne123
A philips Topaz is a good machine, I have accurately placed 0402's without a problem, Fine pitch QFP no problem, BGA's not a problem, I am not familiar with the TP9 so hopefully the other guy can answere questions on that, The Topaz is rated at about
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 17 10:24:17 EST 2007 | etienne
Hi, I can give my opinion in this topic since I worked with both machines. To say the truth, I would recommend neither machine. First of all, operating software is much quite the same for both machines. The TP9 is true that has a larger footprint ov
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 13:27:21 EST 2007 | etienne
People not knowing how to use them...surely not my case........I have worked for more than 7 years with a Topaz and always performed the maintenance and repairs on my own without the assistance of field service engineers!!! Please respect cause I kno
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 21 16:02:56 EST 2007 | muse95
We had some assemblers who were handy sewers, sew some pouches for us, for some extra cash on the side. One colour was chosen for a normal bench, a different colour for a leadfree bench kit. The pouches had lots of pockets. Then we populated it wi
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 17 06:48:05 EST 2007 | andy1975
Hi all Just found this forum and spent the last three hours reading your posts! I'm considering investing in a budget smt production line, and this is why: The company I work for manufacture very very small batches of boards, four a month for one p
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 19 20:42:55 EST 2007 | davef
gersla: You're correct that carriers of low temperature material will disfigure and become useless at 125*C bake temperatures. The reason you can not find 70*C bake data is: J-STD033B, "4.2.2 Low Temperature Carriers. SMD packages shipped in low tem
