Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 25 13:05:19 EDT 2023 | proceng1
Occasionally we need to verify that the part in my hand is the MPN it is supposed to be. Or I need to figure out what a part is because the part number label is damaged. I had been using smdmark (dot) com with some success, but it appears to be down
Electronics Forum | Wed May 10 01:40:26 EDT 2023 | gwideman
UPDATE: By some miracle, a paper manual has been found for the ERSAsoft 2.1 software. Turns out that the default user and password are "System". So in addition to that gem, I guess an additional contribution of this thread is that despite the manu
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 09 12:11:44 EDT 2023 | thecolonel97
We are currently experiencing an issue with one of our reflow ovens producing large amounts of flux crystals in the end of zone 12 and entrance of cooling zone. This has been going on for roughly around 4 years now, we are using Senju M705 lead free
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 28 16:25:20 EDT 2023 | SMTA-72837649
I've been looking for information on how, if at all, any of you treat water after a pcb batch wash. In particular, we have a Trident LD machine, using Zestron cleaning chemical. We have a carbon tank and two mixed bed media tanks as well as two 5 mic
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 17 03:04:22 EDT 2023 | ttheis
We don't program machines with OEM/supplier part numbers, we use an "internal" or company part number that we assign for each unique part. This internal part number can have multiple OEM part numbers (primary and alternates) associated with it depend
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 11 19:21:32 EST 2023 | SMTA-64387074
PVA and Specialty Coating Systems both have equipment that are easy to program and maintain. It is a spray booth so maintenance needs to be regular or you will have quite the headache. We have a conformal coating line with 2 coaters a board flipper a
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 19 11:49:46 EST 2023 | jeana
Hi Everyone ! On our endeavor to get reliable pick and placing with our "new" Quad IVc, we got weird behaviours of the QuadAlign system. When we received the machine the glass of the laser side was cracked, so we removed it and it started working
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 19 12:48:12 EDT 2024 | jdengler
When we were selecting our AOI I made 3 test boards. 2 of them were "golden boards". These 2 had different shades of green solder mask as I had been told this could cause some issues. I did not encounter that during our selection. The 3rd board ha
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 24 21:44:27 EST 2000 | Dave F
Horace: Area you in the rainy or the dry portion of the South? ;-) Now, excuse me from mincing words with you ;-) �, but buying a manufacturing software package is a serious (expensive) endeavor that will leave no part of your company unscathed. I�d
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 16:49:08 EST 2000 | Dave F
John we paced through the same question recently. Both automatic dispensers and printers can be used to deposit SMT adhesive or solder paste on substrates with a relatively high component density. Dispensers are superior to printers in terms of exa
