Hello everyone.
First, I would like to apologize for my bad English, this is my first post and I came to this forum looking for help.
I'm working in a small electronics company, and last year we've decided to invest in our first SMT production line. We bought a Essemtec CSM7300V pick & place machine in June 2013, and at the time of this writing (September 2014), we have not put it to work, and that is because we are located in Colombia, and have not been able to coordinate the visit of the technician who would teach us to use it. The machine is brand new, packed in our warehouse, with feeders and everything.
The warranty is now over (12 months), and we are considering to unpack, install and use it ourselves, we have experience installing compressed air networks, electrical networks, and we are in the electronics industry since 2006.
The visit of a technician costs about $ 10,000 for about 5 days of training, is it worth it? or do we try and run it by our own?
We would like to hear your valuable opinions.
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