Dewey I use Siemens (Siplace) machines and get a fall out rate of chip components of an of about 0.5%. But have had the odd pesky ones that hover about 2%. Stephen Bonaccorsi > ---------- > From: Stephen R. Gregory[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday 07 April 1999 15:47 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] SMT Component Fall Out Rate > > In a message dated 4/6/99 5:15:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Dewey, > > I think within 2% fall out is ok for any chip shooter. I have worked > with > Mydata TP9-UFP & Fuji CP6 & this is good approximation for chip > component > fallout. > > Ashok Tiwari > SMT Engineer > > > ---------- > > From: Access Control[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum.;Access Control > > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 11:19 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [TN] SMT Component Fall Out Rate > > > > Greetings, > > > > For all the SMT assemblers out there, what are your average fall > out on > > std. components, ie. 1206, 1210, 2010, sot-23, melf, minimelf. > > I have 2 mydata machines and they run well under 2%. I wonder if 2% > or > > less than 2% fall-out is too high. > > > > Thanks in advance for any input. > > > > Dewey >> > > Hi Dewey, > > I agree with Ashok, 2% ain't bad. Actually, when we quote > supplying > attrition with the kits to our customers, I like to see 3%...but > sometimes > the buyers who supply us material think they're doing a good job when > they > give us exact quantities...1000 boards, 1000 parts....sheesh... > What really kills me is when they give us the 1000 parts in 100 piece > strips...fun stuff there... > > -Steve Gregory- > > ################################################################ > 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################