Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 13:54:48 EDT 2003 | Sat
Haven't really thought about Philips. My engineers and operators are trained / experienced in Samsung, Universal and Mydata machines. We do not want to reinvest in training at this point. The operator preference seems to be for Samsung, that's why it
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 05 10:01:42 EDT 2003 | Sat
You are welcome and thank you for all the inputs. You are right in that these new machines have the camera vision. Like I said in my other post, my engg's like all the machines but prefer Universal and Mydata for a bit more available flexibility like
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 23 17:52:12 EDT 2003 | lysik
I work for a large Contract manufacturer. We use Fuji Siemens and Universal. Universal is by far the most stable reliable system. They always have the parts in stock we need. Great support. Samsung has now pulled out of direct sales in the US. I woul
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 05 09:12:34 EDT 2003 | caldon
All of our PNP machine run on UPS back up. Though our machine controller is Dos and failry stable it is integrated with Windows NT who does not like to be prematurley shut down. We get a window of about 4 hours from the UPS. Remember this is just o
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 05 12:56:54 EDT 2003 | caldon
Hi matt- You describe the board but did not indicate the components being inserted (even there is a part being inserted). Assuming your hole dimensions are ok... Are you cutting and clinching the parts? If so what is you clinch angle? We to have mu
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 05 17:19:55 EDT 2003 | csimfgeng
Another variable is whether the ground pads have proper thermal reliefs. If the pad has solid ground plane around the perimeter, the heat being applied will quickly dissipate to the surrounding metal. A proper relief of the pad will prevent the hea
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 06 10:25:28 EDT 2003 | mleber
Thanks to all who have responded. The boards we are waving are approximately 14X14. SMT bottomside, lots of Dips topside, M39014 caps, and a variety of resistors and diodes. Lead to hole ratio looks good. Board thickness is .090". Picture frame palle
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 19:48:23 EDT 2003 | Shawn
We do allot of multi layer boards with heavy ground planes or heat sinks attached. We have a Trieber, use RMA flux, solder pot temp at 500F, foam fluxer, spray the top if need be, and would warm up the PWB to around 240F over the preheaters. We have
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 06 16:35:31 EDT 2003 | Carol
This is an old topic, but keeps coming up. Solderability and reliability issues with SMT gold plated terminations when used with tin/lead solder paste/hassle finish PWB. I need to know which standard (mil, IPC, J-STD??) tells you all about the probl
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 08 12:52:57 EDT 2003 | davef
So, if you give your customers design guidelines and one their products causes a cataclysmic explosion, resulting in the deaths and disfigurement of many handicaped third-world children, could a lawyer consider you responsible? Spec Fir Tree General