Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 15 15:34:07 EDT 2002 | Bob
Hi, I have loads of experience with QP132's. You can change over product quite easily depending on a few things: - � The board sizes should be the same otherwise pallet adjustment can take an hour or so. � If you can fit all the feeders on one set-u
Electronics Forum | Thu May 23 22:17:47 EDT 2002 | davef
Not intending to undercut Mike's offer, but to compliment it. Consider asking Heraeus for guidance about cleaning the residues from reflowing your paste. Some NC flux res: * Cannot be cleaned. * Can be cleaned after a relatively short period of tim
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 01 18:00:19 EDT 2002 | stefwitt
I guess we can only speculate about the outcome of this recession. By shifting manufacturing to China, we also transfer technology and know how. If just the market of telecommunication takes off, boards of the latest technology ( flip chip, wafer fe
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 15 15:06:35 EDT 2002 | tmv
The focus of this discussion thread seems to have shifted. To bring it back around I offer the following.... It will absolutely be a far different landscape within a year. Those who survive might not be the biggest or the best....but the smartest. T
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 28 19:50:55 EDT 2002 | fastek
Wrong Sai. Quite a difference between assembling a board or a PC and building/assembling a screen printer. These systems being built in China will be for the China or Asian market only. MPM and DEK spent decades trying to establish themselves as the
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 30 23:08:25 EST 2002 | caldon
Jeff as far as ladder Logic it should really be quite simple for JOT to configure in fact most people with PLC experience can get this machine running. Look at the PLC in side AB Slick 50, Gould/ modicon, GE, Siemens are a few options of the PLC insi
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 31 01:54:06 EST 2002 | fastek
Call it extortion if you will but it will be the best money you will spend over the life of your machine. It is nothing compared to the cost of unexpected downtime you will incur....with no support to help you out of a jam. Think about it this way.
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 02 19:07:45 EST 2002 | stefwitt
The small shop starting with a used machine and grow larger was not the target market of the OEM, I used to work for. This may sound harsh, but the cost of selling and servicing the equipment to a small shop is comparable much higher than to the Moto
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 18:10:41 EST 2002 | andrewbrook
Quad4C's have their moments. If the price is right and you are aware of the machines limitations then you will be satisfied. The placement rate is slow, 1.2 seconds/chip. Don't buy any Quad if it has the CyberOptics Laser unit, the Quadalign unit is
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 17:14:50 EST 2003 | Matherat
Traditional methods of hand assembly are as you described. For a company that is concentrating on the 1-5 or 5-50 quantities you've described, you need to look for ways to accomplish your task with speed, repeatablilty, quality and at a fair price. T
