Charles Barker@I-O INC 04/17/98 08:49 AM Hi Richard, We have three Mydata machines; 2-TP9's and 1-TP18. I personally like them because they are fairly easy to set up and to program. The "smart" feeder system is great. The ability to load more boards in a "panel" arangement on the y-wagon, if you want to push a few more boards thru, is a nice feature. The vision system on the Mydata is great. We also have a TDK hi-speed line. It is not ANYWHERE near as user friendly as the Mydata. We are also able to use an in-house created program, built using Excel macros, to massage our CAD data to produce the Mydata PnP programs. That is very nice! I don't know what Quad's latest machines are like, so I can't give you any personal opinions on them. Our printers are De Haart and MPM. Ovens are Conceptronic. Good luck! Charlie B. [log in to unmask] on 04/16/98 04:08:56 PM Please respond to [log in to unmask]; Please respond to [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: Charles Barker/US/I-O INC) Subject: [TN] SM Equipment Opinions Hello Fellow TechNetters, Our company has narrowed down the selection of SM equipment for a low volume production environment. I am soliciting opinions on manufacturers that we are considering. I would appreciate both positive and negative comments. Please respond to me personally. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND VIA TECHNET. My email address is below. Specifically we are considering the following: Screen Printers: SMTech and DEK PnP: Quad and Mydata Oven: SMTech and Electrovert I would be interested in any feedback you may have, just please be sure to label opinion vs. actual experience. I am even interested in the latest corporate rumors that may be out there, mainly to confirm or discount one heard from an competitive salesman!! Thank you in advance for your time on this. Richard Hamilton Clemar Mfg. / Rain Bird [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################