Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 31 15:16:43 EDT 2017 | emeto
John, contemporary machines provide their own software for programming - most you can do completely offline. There are several tricks here: 1. Design libraries correctly - you should have polarity convention that matches your P&P and your AOI machi
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 23 21:52:51 EDT 2017 | jlawson
In most cases PnP files are all that is needed for SMT program generation. BUT, it depends on origin reference of this data as exported to PnP and could be off in X,Y and rotation of image pending when PnP Data is exported. Also Rotation of parts
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 29 04:43:12 EDT 2017 | spoiltforchoice
Interesting, I work much the same way as Ivan up to the sticky tape part, plodding through the BOM against the pick and place file and downloading the relevant datasheets to verify packages, this can be tedious but usually gets much quicker the more
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 06 04:58:58 EST 2018 | reckless
My wish would be to put 2-3 smaller 4 nozzle/7000cph desktop units and not in line saving me changeover time. Mostly because of the small real estate footprint. I can put one next to my office running 110V/350W - its small enough to fit on my desk
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 13 19:27:33 EDT 2018 | maustin
I have an old Zevatech 740 machine that, until recently, was running well. In the last few weeks, the RH head has started giving me issues. When it picks up a component (and early on in most of my programs it will be picking up chip resistors or ca
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 16:19:41 EDT 2018 | dleeper
Quad didn't go out of business because they made stellar machines, but if you are running the same board all day long, you can get it dialed in where it's repeatable and reliable. Spares aren't expensive (at least by comparison)and there are lots of
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 29 12:12:14 EDT 2018 | solderingpro
What type of flux are you using today? - Obviously you have already outlined the difference in the parent materials and parent material preparation, so using the same program/profile will not work; the characteristics are different. Try increasing p
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 05 07:17:40 EDT 2019 | jchris
We evaluated the Metcal CV-5210 and found that while it is a solid iron, the "Connection Validation" features were so quirky that our operators had to completely turn off the CV features. When Connection Validation was enabled, we had a massive amoun
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 14:10:08 EDT 2019 | griinder
I am able to create a single board program using gerber and centroid, and teaching footprints. I can then assign 2 global fids(a third never seems to display in Ceditor), and export my pad file. I then open it in ceditor and export the job file. Load
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 22 09:10:54 EDT 2020 | kumarb
Hi Steve. Just came across your post. We are in the same boat with our Ekra X4 printer. Any resolution on your side? We have been attempting to track down a fresh ballast but the original (OSRAM HF 2x36 dimmable with 0-10V) is EOL and no where to be
