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Howdy Shivakumar,</div>
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We have this K&S wire bonder (<a href="https://aggiefab.tamu.edu/equipment/ks-wire-bonder/" id="LPlnk287489">https://aggiefab.tamu.edu/equipment/ks-wire-bonder/</a>) and were very unhappy with it because it was so difficult to use. We recently had field service
engineer Greg Delasandro come out and discovered so many things that needed to be repaired. He also trained us on the best methods of threading and making bonds. What a difference! We now have happy users. If your wire bonders haven't had a PM for a while,
I would recommend it because that may be one reason your bonders are so difficult to use. Here's Greg's contact info:</div>
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Services provided by Greg Delasandro, a former employee of ESEC Industries with over 20 years experience as a Field Service Engineer. Greg has been certified to service the above equipment and Golbal Semiconductor is fully insured., 3006, 3006fx, 3018, 3088,
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All, We are planning to purchase a wedge bonder. I used K&S (now MPP) and West Bond manual wedge bonder. But in my experience, users have difficulty threading the wires, and most of the time, it never works, and this tool requires many
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