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Changeover – Do It Offline

Of course none of the topics we’ve been discussing are possible without having existing data. Sure you can changeover your feeders in less than 10 minutes, but if it then takes you 2 hours to program your board, then you’re really not accomplishing … Continue reading

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Changeover – What Are You Waiting For?

Don’t let your pick and place machine wait for your printer and reflow oven. They should not take nearly as long to change over as your pick and place machine. Continue reading

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Changeover – Use Exchange Carts

What do you use to heat your building? Oil, natural gas, propane? Something like that right? Well if you’re pick and place machine is not running then you might as well be heating the building by burning money. That’s stupid. … Continue reading

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Changeover – You Need More Feeders

Last night my wife and I were making a batch of cookies (chocolate chip raisin oatmeal. They’re amazing!). A huge batch of cookies. And it came to me that it would be the perfect illustration for changeovers. Huh? Seriously. Let’s … Continue reading

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Changeovers – Introduction

How much money would you say you spent on your pick and place equipment? Likely your answer would contain six figures. Now how often would you say that your equipment is operational? More importantly how often do you think your … Continue reading

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About This Blog

I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of this industry. There are so many hysterical websites out there “offering help” when all they really do is give you 500 words of how you’re terrible at what you do and if you … Continue reading

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Hello World!

If you’re a fellow geek, you’ll understand this post’s title. For the rest of you, don’t worry about it. It’s not funny anyway. Especially for geeks. This is my first post and I’m using it for testing purposes of various … Continue reading

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