Sounds like a great application for a shock dampened 'diddle-stick' and a stepper motor on an x-y table with a PLCC controller of some sort... ! Bill Brooks Senior PCB Designer - [log in to unmask] Zoneworx, Inc. 40925 County Center Drive, STE 200 Temecula, CA 92591 http://www.zoneworx.com Tel: (909) 296-1226 x 1037 Co-Director / Education Officer / Webmaster for the San Diego Chapter of the IPC Designers Council http://www.ipc.org/SanDiego/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Ahne Oosterhof [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Machine to do auto adjustment of SMD trimmers Ahhh, way back in the early 70-s, when the IEEE-bus popped up, one of the engineers at Tektronix said: "Soon we will have an IEEE-screwdriver, that will make calibrating instruments much easier". But I don't believe soon has come yet. So adjusting potentiometers in instruments (and in power supplies) is still done by hand (?). Regards, Ahne. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Fong Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 03:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Machine to do auto adjustment of SMD trimmers Hi, Technetters, We are going to use surface mount type potentiometers in our new product. But since it's small in size, so trimming manually by small screwdriver is not efficient. Does anyone know of any equipment/machine available to do the trimming automatically? Thanks in advance. Regards, KenF, Aug 21,00 ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################