Hi Jeff,
I'm sorry my post isn't related to 0201's, but I thought I'd ask the expert since we have access to you...
You may know this already, but it's a buyers market out there for used equipment. We currently have a 265 MK-1 that works fine, but we've wanted to replace with something more current for a while.
We've found a DEK288 out on the market for a decent price. I know the 288 is discontined, and Craig Brown explained to me why it was discontined and replaced with the Infinity.
I flew out to look at the machine, and it seemed in decent shape...it was used, yes, but looked okay. I brought a stencil, board, and solder paste with me. I figured that a good check to do was to program the stencil and PCB, do a print, and then look at the quality of the print. If things looked okay, then I could be reasonably sure that the base machine should be sound. However, when I arrived, I was told there were no squeegees. So we did everything else but actually print a board. The vision system worked as advertised found everything, and we set the pressure to zero so the machine wouldn't alarm. Can I assume that the machine will print acceptably?
I know this maybe a unusual question to ask you, and there may be some hesitation about advising me, or anyone about buying used equipment, but I thought I would ask what I might be missing, or not seeing, if I didn't do an actual print. I've been told that what was demonstrated to me shows that the printer is sound...
Just to let you know, I've been a DEK user for many years. At the company I worked at in the past in California, we purchased the 4th 265 Mk-1 that was ever sold in the USA, even got to meet Ian McVoy...
-Steve Gregory-
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