Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 09:01:01 EDT 2012 | scottp
I'm not sure why anyone would pay extra for FG (fine grain) stencils. I've run studies comparing traditional YAG laser, fiber laser, and E-form stencils with regular stainless, FG, and nickel foils. YAG is the worse and should only be used for pret
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 07 03:20:12 EDT 2012 | molder
Hi Davef ... I had been beginning for little time to work with rework station infrared, but I have a series of doubts to disclose.. could you help me? I have a Honton HT-R490 infrared Chinese station, stò trying to climb on a camera zoom lens to
Electronics Forum | Thu May 03 15:03:47 EDT 2012 | rodrigo
Hi, We got a used Mirtec MV-2HTL. I was able to sort of get it to work without any training. Their software seem well design and it did find the same errors the human inspectors were finding. But be aware that you have to register with Mirtec if you
Electronics Forum | Fri May 11 11:15:03 EDT 2012 | shawnvike
Good question and always fun to wade through all the issues. We currently run an Essemtec FLX2010 and a Manncorp CR-6000 oven. Our printer is an Essemtec SP002 (I think) guided manual. We have been running the Essemtec equipment for ~6 years and ha
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 01 10:52:37 EDT 2012 | blnorman
Neither the Omega meter nor the IC are officially "destructive" tests, but everywhere I worked we treated them that way. The boards were scrapped after the test. The Omega meter can be tested at elevated temps, but the IC sample is extracted at ele
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 14 19:47:02 EDT 2012 | kahrpr
If you need cycle times less than a 60 sec this is not the machine. If its a real dense board and big it can take up to 10 minutes. It can miss pads so you have to use the inspect and that is what eats up time. The machine will re-paste any missed sp
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 07 10:03:19 EDT 2012 | anton99
Hello, I recently joined this site and this is my first post. After searching through the existing threads I decided to post my question. I work at a CCA manufacturing facility that recently added a SMT line. We used to have one line and now we are r
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 20 09:59:10 EDT 2013 | mainenetservices
Regarding the software part of this thread, one of our long time forum supporters has a product that also may be helpful - Rich Larue from Unisoft says, "It looks like ANTON99 is looking for is a BOM comparison across multiple assemblies to ID like
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 04 09:58:50 EDT 2012 | daxman
Assuming that you have a saturated moisture-sensitive component: At what temperature would popcorning or internal component damage occur? I would guess that it would be at a temperature where water would boil, around 100 degrees? However, the JEDEC J
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 09 02:24:04 EDT 2012 | audere
More lube on the O-Rings caused lots of problems. Nozzles would drop downward at times. So I pulled everything out and started from scratch. Testing 3 new Z-Rods, 4 used Z-Rods in good shape (replaced the O-Rings) and around 20 nozzles - the proces