Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 12:51:01 EST 1998 | Robert Horowitz
| | I am interseted in an entry level placement machine and looking for opinions and advice on manufacturers. My present line, an MPI-580 just became obsolete due to a bankruptcy situation! I need to place BGA and 20 mil fine pitch, speed is not to
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 17 10:43:10 EST 1998 | Stefan W.
Hi Chrys You mean VI-CAS Mfg.Co. at 513 7917741. Don, I've another one: Stilson 888 4005978 | |PAIB makes good cups. Last year I was buying suction cups and I found a really good source - way better than PIAB. Only thing is, I can't remember the
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 13 14:35:29 EST 1998 | Dave F
| Anyone using SMT "Fair-Rite" beads? We have a P/N 2743019447 that we're using. We need to know the shear force strength of the part and the vendor's man who knows is in Deutschland and can't help until Monday. I can't wait that long. | | Also, do
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 14:12:39 EST 1998 | smd
| | | Scott: Where is the problem? When you have a board in one hand and a sheared ferrite in the other, what does the ex-ferrite location look like: | | 1 Green mask colored, because the pad is "ripped off" the board | 2 Gray lumpy looking, be
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 11:26:50 EST 1998 | Scott McKee
| | Any info on a BGA rework machine in the 10-20K range. | | | | Thanks | | Mike C | | | In the $60K range I really like the Pace model? (y'all join in). Whether there is a cheaper, non-programmable type, the gang can answer. | | Earl Moon | I p
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 08:58:38 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| I keep hearing about polyimide stencils, but what are they like in terms of registration and aperture accuracy? | You are hearing about polyimide as in polyimide film as Kapton (TM Dupont). This material is the stuff of flex and rigid/flex circuit
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 18:39:10 EST 1998 | Phillipf fHunter
| Here is a good one for ya. Our IP3's MTU will not pick QFP240's out of cavities, 10, 12, 13, 15. This is a 3X8 tray. The listed cavities are also the closed cavities that are used for tray eject. There is plenty of vaccum, the nozzle comes down
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 09 08:36:00 EST 1998 | Clifford Peaslee @ SMTnet.com
| Dearest Peoples, | Is it posibble to have a section posted in the Capitol Equipment Mart that is for items under 2,000.oo | I have noticed myself that it would be alittle intimadating | to post a Weller iron for a mear 40.00. However a lot of
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 10 07:00:53 EST 1998 | smd
| | Dearest Peoples, | | Is it posibble to have a section posted in the Capitol Equipment Mart that is for items under 2,000.oo | | I have noticed myself that it would be alittle intimadating | | to post a Weller iron for a mear 40.00. However a
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 03 12:23:00 EST 1998 | Bill Schreiber
Kelly, How are you cleaning the stiffeners? The Smart Sonic cleaning process has been very successful in such applications. Visit the Smart Sonic Web Site at: www.smartsonic.com Or call me at 1(800) 806-440-R. Regards, Bill | We run stiffeners