Electronics Forum | Fri May 30 20:03:14 EDT 2014 | hegemon
Starting with the manufacturers layout is a good start. Tilted parts, bad solder joints, sounds like a wetting issue and the board or the parts. Insufficient solder sounds like the printing process needs some attention. We have used this part in th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 13 16:23:47 EDT 2014 | esoderberg
I did not see any mention on the inner layer setback. We use 0.025" and have not had problems. Point loads with either a CAB or a FKN can sometimes be problematic. I would search out someone you know that has a fancort industries VDP5. This cuts th
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 11 16:52:17 EDT 2014 | aybars
yes, you should look to see on that particular feeders Z axis setting. When the tip goes down to the part it may be traveling down little too much. Just make sure you check which way is your - and + increments going and do not exceed more than 30 or
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 15 22:05:11 EDT 2014 | chantel
Does anyone have any information regarding troubleshooting for the Contact 3avx machine. I currently work with this machine and now have responsibility on fixing it when it breaks down to which I have no current skills. My current issue may sound sim
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 24 12:56:26 EDT 2014 | jmathis
Hello, As our company has begun doing an increase production of contract manufacturing I have seen more and more designs with the 0402 pad layouts that are smaller (.015 in width) than the component. Also there is only a .008 longer than the 0402 p
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 11:27:06 EDT 2014 | bobpan
Try these things: 1. Reseat the cards (with power off) and Reboot the machine and see if the errors clear. 2. Unplug the nozzle changers and try to reboot....sometimes they can mess up the system. 3. If all the above fails.....the b-rams in the card
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 08 10:29:56 EDT 2014 | mleber
We are experiencing FOD coming off of a Cooper Bussman fuse. The components are dark with a metal like substance. In our testing based on what we were seeing we placed components onto a piece of FR4, placed a drop of flux onto the component and ran t
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 15:27:57 EDT 2014 | tombstonesmt
We splice all day. We use sierra splice tool and their yellow splice. Technique that I found works very well is to peel back the cover tape of new reel over two empty slots (our machine detects when splice occurs and allows two empty slots without re
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 11:24:27 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Use an oil free compressor ;). My UK based answer would be: We treat our air at point of use with a desiccant air dryer by Walker Filtration (this unit looks remarkably similar to units by Mark, Beko and others (especially the controller) this dryer
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 17 20:20:21 EDT 2014 | mac5
Hi June, The biggest issue with an OSP finish is as soon as the PCB sees a heat cycle (reflow or wave) the finish will begin to degrade. If you have a single sided SMT assembly with THT components installed downstream it works pretty good. But a dou