Dear Richard,

I hope this will help.....

Regarding AOI, you can contact Boris Mathiszik of Machine Vision Products,
Inc., Carlsbad, USA.  He can be contacted through e-mail
([log in to unmask]).  You may also follow the link to visit their website
www.visionpro.com for more information.

Basically, the MVP Automated Inspection System capable to inspect solder
joint quality such as insufficient solder, excessive solder and other SMT
defects: tombstone, lifted lead, presence/absence of SMT and even
through-hole components, misaligned etc.

Cheers,

Daniel Woon
Sr. Sales Engineer
Comacraft - Malaysia

At 07:27 AM 7/21/99 -0400, Jorge Engenharia wrote:
>Richard,
>
>  We normally use round lighted lenses ( 3x ) to overral inspection and
>microscope to check places that operators are not sure that were good on the
>previous inspection. Some operators claim about headache if continuos use of
>microscope is required, so we try to avoid this situation using microscope
>only to check doubts had on the first inspection.
>  Check the operator vision health before assign him this job.Some people
>didn`t realize that they can`t see very clear.
>  Regarding with AOI ( Automated Optical Inspection ) equipments I am not
>familiar with, but I don`t known how this system can handle HASL boards if
>the contrast between the solder and pad is too little. Someone has the
>answer ???
>
>Jorge Dourado de Santana
>Maintenance / Process Engr
>Microtec - Brazil
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Do [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 20 de Julho de 1999 19:06
>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>> Subject:      [TN] Looking for a way to inspect solder connections
>>
>> Hi technetters ,
>>
>> I'm looking for a way to inspect solder connections. Can I use the UV
>> lamps
>> to inspect solder connections? What do you guys/girls recommend?
>>
>> Thanks for any replies and your time to view my message.
>>
>> Richard
>>
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