Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 18 09:26:07 EDT 2008 | kevslatvin
We use Advanced Circuits alot. I think all thier production is domestic. Always had good results. I like thier online quoting setup. We have also been using Epec with good luck so far. They have offshore capabilitiesin Tiawan and China. http://www.4
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 22:13:59 EDT 2008 | davef
IPA is a fire hazard. Be sure your fire extinguishers are charged and your evacuation plan is current, when using IPA in the vacinity of a wave solder machine. Have you tried DI water? Solutions used in wave finger cleaners include: * Techspray SMT
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 20 13:49:51 EDT 2008 | mrmaint
We used a custom label that we would put on the parts packaging. The label would indicate the MSD level, the maximun hrs of exposure allowed. Also it had fields that whoever opened up that part would write down the date and time the packaging was ope
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 12 08:22:31 EDT 2008 | davef
Your supplier is probably the best source of advice on this issue. Some offer tips like: http://www.n0ss.net/hakko_808_notes.pdf Depending on the design, some use grease to reduce air leakage on: * Filter tubes * Gaskets or O-rings * Threads We ha
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 16 12:39:41 EDT 2008 | stepheniii
You will have to make new programs for the Panasonic. (afaik) But you can use the Mydata programs as centroid data for the Panapro. Load it into Excell using space as the delimiter. Copy column B onto column A. cell A1, move cells up. Sort by column
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 16 14:03:41 EDT 2008 | mi
Stephen, When I port from Mydata to AOI machine, I use an Excel macro that lays out data into 5 fields/columns per line as: X Y angle P/N Reference Designator Is this the same for Panasonic? I'll also ask Panasonic operator if this is what he cou
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 19 16:25:43 EDT 2008 | davef
While it might not be what you prefer to do, but rather than converting directly from Mydata to Panasonic, can you simply use a Gerber converter to produce centroid information and then use the centroids to program your Panasonic machine? Search the
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 16 10:51:09 EDT 2008 | rayjr1491
Here is the scenario: We are using Lead Free Type III paste. We are using 5 Mil EFORM stencils The part we are having issues with is a SOT883. Stencil design is the SMALL PADs are 10x16mil Large PAD 14 x 24 mil. We are getting some see-sawing of th
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 21 03:13:31 EDT 2008 | slthomas
Assembleon also has another much less sophisticated programming utility (Cad2Cad) that at one time was a free of charge downloadable thing. I got it from the broker I bought our used machine from. I get that you are new with this equipment, but is t
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 10:57:53 EDT 2008 | blnorman
Oxford Instruments makes a device called the OSPrey 800 that measures OSP thickness on the pads. We took a look at it last year because we have one line that uses OSP. It is pricey, and that's why we didn't order one, but if you use a lot of OSP, m
