Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 21 12:48:41 EDT 1998 | Derek Drabenstadt
| I would like to know something about Siemens machines from users of Siplace or old machines. | Thanks ! I have been working in a shop with 80-S and 80-F machines for two years. The down time we have experienced is significant. Up to 25%.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 17 11:55:31 EDT 2001 | davef
5uin. Your nickel thickness is fine. Although if you wanted to trade costs, consider giving-up nickel to 150uin thickness, while increasing the gold thickness. Gold over electroless nickel creates brittle joints because of phosphorous in the nicke
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 18 13:09:21 EDT 2001 | jschake
Hey, where's the 0201s? Just kidding. Off the top of my head, I do not recall seeing results of such a test. Nonetheless, I�ll consult with my peers and let you know if we come up with something that could assist you. That said, with a few more d
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 06 21:16:17 EST 2002 | davef
�What does 5 micrograms of chloride mean to me?� * With SIR testing, you can show no detrimental leakage currents under humid conditions, no corrosion, no metal migration, which are the big factors in figuring out electrochemical reliability. People
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 05 15:26:09 EDT 2002 | John Patricelli
I've attended the Advanced Programming Course and the Maintenance Course at their Rowley, MA site. I also talked to the trainer, Toby Upham, about some of the other training courses they provide. It sounds like the New User Training course covers m
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 18:41:17 EDT 2002 | davef
People have made good comments. Additional points are: * Your bridging is probably being caused by one or more of the following: [1] printing too much paste, [2] smearing the paste during placement or subsequent handling, or [3] paste slump during t
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 11:38:02 EST 2002 | fastek
Frank- Your point about the OEM's trying to help a small company with thoughts of bigger and better things in the future is a valid point. I've had that same argument with the OEM's for years but for different reasons. You're still missing the poin
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 22 14:53:50 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I thought I would come back to this one for a second. Joe Fox above gave a nice concise note as to why you must raise the temp high enough above the soldering melting temp (liquidus) yet not too high. You want to go high enough for paste so tha
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 18 09:25:27 EST 2004 | remullis
Normally when I run into having to hit the ESC key to step through this is the steps I take. 1. Power machine down and restart. 2. Home machine and watch cutter carefully. Both cutter should acuate and the height motors should run CW and CCW. 3. You
