Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 17:19:56 EST 2022 | emeto
We use Benchmark Smartsonic 6000 for the last 20years. Recently evaluated replacement. Candidates we picked now are close loop systems, smaller footprint and use smaller tanks. Cleaners evaluated - Kolb-PS300, Systronic cl420 and DCT inkjet 388. We p
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 29 10:57:45 EDT 1999 | JohnJ
We considered direct marking already John. It's not very practical for us to do that. We need to put labels on components as well as boards. A laser or inkjet would cause us to have to change too many things in our processes. We'd still need to do la
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 01 15:33:29 EDT 2006 | Cmiller
Rick, I think Autosplice and Berg did that but of course, it was a little before my time. But the comparison is the same as what HP does with injet printers and the ink cartridges which for some reason made me think of a screen printer someone made t
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 19:09:21 EST 1999 | Jess Baker
Manufacturers who have to mark barcodes onto PCB's without secondary application of pressure sensitive labels can etch it on, screen it on, inkjet it on, use laser marking, or a combination of those. Using a laser marker to write a code into a label
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 19 09:12:33 EDT 1999 | John O'Brien
Why use labels? They are expensive, fall off, get mangled, etc. If you directly mark the boards, you'll probably save money, enhance traceability, etc. One major contract manufacturer projects payback at 7 months just eliminating label cost and goin
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 19 10:36:53 EDT 1999 | John O'Brien
| CAN ANYBODY ADVISE ME AS TO INDIVIDUAL PCB IDENTIFICATION THROUGH ASSEMBLY - THE PROS AND CONS | | THANKS | Leo: I have been doing a bit of research on this topic recently. I would be glad to discuss it with you. It seems the best technology is
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 13 20:53:49 EDT 2003 | quantass
= 40% reflective, Multistable - It makes use of ambient light to be viewed and is multistable so that once power is applied to change the display no additional power is required to sustain the static, color image, at least not for a long period of ti
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 15 00:10:52 EDT 2023 | sarason
Having worked in a hybrid maanufacturing operation many years ago, yes stencils are great and have the required accuracy, but on the down side there were 2 operators that were absolute wizzes at turning them out and that could mean up to 20 stencil
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 07 20:37:38 EST 2001 | davef
I agree. The bar coded label you use should not be affected by the solder mask of the board. The label should have sharp contrast between the segments of the code to modulate the returned light and allow the reader to discriminate between light and
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 17 09:47:10 EST 1999 | John O'Brien
Chuck: Your best resource is the Symbology Research Center in Huntsville AL. In is a research and development facility run by RVSI Acuity CiMatrix, the folks who invented the Data matrix (DM) 2-D code. This facility is unbiased as to technologies and
