Hell'oo Bill , did Yo' forget me that quickly ? Gemini keeps up with My19 (14000+/h) easy , years on , with Inge we threaded yarns mile long on this subject, piece of cake ; Steve even tracked some article in PCB Assembly by Chuck Bauer (ex SMTA pres.) when he was down here . We did DO actually even better than he said . Who needs to be converted from small runs on stencil drags (good for long runs/volumes, undisputed) ? Archives must be full of useful memos too . It is a very much a norm process , not only viable , no pitch, from Gemini up in line , friend in Philips in Manila had a dozen of these sputters ; very much repeatable, us with 200g syringes, 1414 if You don't rush, Indium paste and custom syringes we developed with helpful folks in US. Used to run 24h round the clock, did not miss a beat , unless mistreated (dry , sleep mode best in say hourly wake up dots on side board, to keep nozzles clean. What can do Yo' in for mate ? , make a wish list (be specific); since brothers in arms woke me up to express myself (did my best to spare Yo). paul ............................................................................ ........................................... Hello all, I've been watching this thread for a few days now hearing about how solder paste can be dispensed from an automated system. My experience has not turned out very well with only very limited success. We have a Camalot 1414, even bought the special displacement pump designed for this application and attempted to dispense solder paste. I just could not get the system to be repeatable. Once I had a set up, repeating the next day or even the next hour was impossible. I tried different pastes, different particle sizes, needle sizes, etc. etc. One of the biggest problems that I had was coining. This is where the particles compressed to form a solid plug where the paste entered the dispensing needle. I gave up on this method, settling instead on using microstencils to apply paste. I would like to know of anyone who has had success with dispensing solder paste. I would like to know some particulars about the process. (paste, needle size, pump pressures, etc) I would not mind trying this again if I could just get some help with this. However, if you've never done this and you're thinking that this is a viable process, I am advising to be very careful about sales pitches that claim that solder paste dispensing can be done. I don't think that it is a repeatable process. Bill Kasprzak Moog Inc., Electronic Assembly Engineering --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------