Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 26 10:46:45 EST 2003 | caldon
For a general rough rule of thumb I use Practical Components for programming our machines. Practical has a nice layout of most Tape and Reel components and sizes. We use this mostly for tape/ feeder allocation. But for QC, Specs, and Other Stuff we
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 26 16:07:56 EST 2012 | jerlong
Greetings, Does anyone know where to find a tape and reel flatness specification? Looking at the EIA 481-B standard, there is no reference to the tape flatness (the images shown may "imply" flatness from one side of the tape to the other, However I
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 29 13:42:38 EDT 2016 | gregp
The standard you need is EIA-481B. It details the taping of components from 8mm tape up to 200mm tape including component orientations. 8, 12, 16 and 24mm tape has the sprocket holes only on one side so it is easy to determine the proper orientatio