Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 09:55:44 EST 2005 | fasst1
Rob, I actually work for Philips / Assembleon. We have had machines out in the field for 18+ years that are still in production. The customer I mentioned has had the gear for 4 years. They also do multiple changeovers every day, and each one take
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 15:13:26 EST 2005 | jbrower
Hi Tom, Thanks for the compliment. I've been researching and planning for the time that my company would go lead free since late in 1999. I hear you there, how do we know that the component is lead free. Baring a leap of faith with your vendors, I
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 08:15:35 EST 2005 | davef
It sounds like you already know the answer. Hand soldering is much more stressful to a board than mass soldering, because: * It is more localized and there is no preheat. * It is more difficult to control. [Different connections require different h
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 24 17:36:31 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, Yes MYDATA vibration feeders are a nightmare, but you might want to check the feeder. We had one that would vary a lot, and it never seemed to be able to be set to the right vibration level for consistent feeding. It turned out to have a problem
Electronics Forum | Tue May 03 21:46:13 EDT 2005 | KEN
I have 5 of these machines. What software version are you running. 24 inch frames will interfere with the USC. The solvent bar will ride on the stencil frame. This will not allow for a pre-load on the foil. 1. Adaptors suck! 2. Adaptors suck! 3
Electronics Forum | Wed May 18 14:58:05 EDT 2005 | splice
Hi, I am having some PTH non wetting issues. Setup and chronology of events is explained: Set Up; Part: 1 MM pitch connector 378 pins Solder: Kester Ultra Pure 63/37 solder Pot; 250 C pre heat; Peak 94C top side Flux: Qualitek 775, Fluxer: foam T
Electronics Forum | Fri May 27 08:30:04 EDT 2005 | FFagundes
I think I have everyone beat. I work for a small Contract Manufacturer, and we are trying to grow our business. We generally have two or 3 different jobs running at the same time and up to 10 different jobs running in a day. So we needed to find a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 22 06:18:07 EDT 2005 | dougs
We started looking at tabletop AOI systems last year, one of the main criteria, as we are a SC was that the sales engineer programmed one of our boards in front of us so we could see just how easy to program it was, also high on the list was performa
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 02 11:01:28 EDT 2005 | davef
Xilinx recommended reflow ||Sn-Pb Eutetic||Sn-Pb Eutetic ||Pb-Free||Pb-Free Profile Feature||Large Body||Small Body||Large Body||Small Body Average ramp-up rate (TL-TP), *C/seconds max||3||3||3||3 Preheat - Temperature Min (Tsmin), *C||100||100||150|
Electronics Forum | Fri May 27 08:36:26 EDT 2005 | K
Thanks for your replies, to go a little deeper..... The sample run I chose was a very small run.... 3 PCB's, 340 parts in total required for the 3 boards. Machine mischuck info gave a total of 360 parts used, 20 lost to various reasons, recognition/
