Hi, Try www.smtmag.com. At the bottom, click on *SMT Mag's Resource Center*. There is a guide there that takes you through each step of the mfg process. PCD Mag has a freelist that is geared towards PCB/PCA assembly type questions, but I haven't subscribed for a while. You have to subscribe through //www.freelists.org/login.html. You can also check out www.cassembly.com. Hope this helps, Matt -----Original Message----- From: Adeel Malik [mailto:adeelm@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 6:20 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Pick & Place Machines operation Hi All, I am sending some boards to the Assembly House for population and for this I wanna acquaint myself with the operation of common Pick & Place Machines such as how they pick the part from the reel, how they place the component( with respect to the component's centroid or its reference position....) and what type of Manufacturing file is required by the assembly house. Does someone know of the informative link providing basic as well as advanced informaton about the Pick & Place Machines ? Regards, ADEEL MALIK ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu