Electronics Forum | Wed May 22 16:36:13 EDT 2002 | slthomas
What methods do you guys use for maintaining lot and/or board traceability? When I worked in med. products, we used travelers that we recorded everything on, then serialized them at the end of the build. Not as effective as up front serialization,
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 | Tue Jun 11 15:56:43 EDT 2002 | mjabure
Actually F4G is a programming environment similar to panatools, not a machine, it stands for "Fuji 4th Generation". The connection being questioned is to the communication network, and yes with the proper hardware you should be able to connect more t
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 14 13:19:15 EDT 2002 | mjabure
The first question is, is this a high mix, low volume environment or vice versa? If it's the former then Kens solution is something you might want to look into. Depending on your feeder set up you might check to see if your operators have been traine
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 13 20:55:46 EDT 2002 | russ
Having just gine through a similar problem myself (with much less equip.) Here are a few things to consider and/or look at Do you have the proper pad size? It should be the same size as the pad on the BGA. Is the board warping during your operati
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 25 05:00:00 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Hi mate, "inadequate/not reliable" is a performance basis lingo term used for machines that are not treated like the precious things they are. treat em well and they will work reliable enough for you. ill-treat and scrimp on the PM(maintenance) and
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 02 15:50:28 EDT 2002 | blnorman
FIrst, be a doubting Thomas and never trust supplier propaganda sheets, do your own testing. How often do you knead the paste? We have a standing requirement that if the paste printer is idle for 30 minutes, we have a minimum of 4 kneads before pri
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 18 08:49:00 EDT 2002 | Mark S.
Our company started with a MSAccess based system for reporting labor time and displaying a schedule of jobs to build. Now we have created an intranet based schedule that displays the production schedule, short materials, maintenance schedule, feeder
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 09 00:06:34 EDT 2002 | kenbliss
One thing that is a constant in the electronics assembly world is change. What ever you setup now be sure to think about what might change in the not to distant future. My experience says that you want ESD flooring, although cost of course is a nec
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 31 01:07:51 EDT 2002 | fastek
What I believe is the problem with American business's today is simple: greed. Over the last 5 years due to the stock market frenzy, companies became obsessed with shareholder value and the price of the stock. So much pressure was put on the CEO of a