Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 11 06:56:46 EDT 2001 | brownsj
Most of the component vendors I've dealt with will guarantee the solderability of the terminations for three years if the components are still packaged in a full reel. If the reel is part used we've kept them for 1 year and then used a wetting balanc
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 05:07:57 EDT 2001 | zam_bri
Hi Dave, Thanx for your reply. What is it in the process of manufacturing the capacitor that can go wrong until it can caused the chips to be chipped-off or cracks. I've encountered alot of this problem lately. First I thought it was our process t
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 10:48:30 EDT 2009 | grahamcooper22
Some print expiry date on reels and some specify a shelf life on data sheets. Two main reasons are that the flux in the wire is a mix of chemicals and over time in storage these can react so soldering performance can be changed. Although I have to sa
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 07 03:06:03 EST 1998 | Gary Simbulan
| | | What are you people using to store component reels and tubes in? I am looking for a cabinet with slots or something to store reels and tubes. We keep our components on the production floor near the machines. The cabinets we are using now are
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 19 09:17:34 EDT 2016 | ttheis
I have seen smt reel racks made for metro wire shelving. Just a specially shaped metro shelf.
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 22 13:43:14 EDT 1999 | Steve Gregory
Hey Ya'll! Have any of you ever worked with one of V-Tek's "Economax" tape and reel machines? The biggest thing I'm curious about is the type of cover tape that these machines use. It's something they call P.S.A. (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive)cover t
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 23 17:44:50 EDT 1999 | Stefan Witte
| Hey Ya'll! | | Have any of you ever worked with one of V-Tek's "Economax" tape and reel machines? The biggest thing I'm curious about is the type of cover tape that these machines use. It's something they call P.S.A. (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive)c
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 25 02:58:58 EDT 1999 | Haim H.
| Hey Ya'll! | | Have any of you ever worked with one of V-Tek's "Economax" tape and reel machines? The biggest thing I'm curious about is the type of cover tape that these machines use. It's something they call P.S.A. (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive)c
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 09 15:56:19 EDT 2005 | james
I would love to buy enough feeders, just for the common parts but unless I find somewhere cheap to buy them it can very expensive. We use our own internal part numbers with using smart feeding stations. Also we are going to try to leave all the comm
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 25 12:13:40 EDT 2010 | remullis
You may want to search on "Cover Tape", what date code is on the parts reel? I have multiple issues with cover tape sticking to the paper and not peeling back. Causes pick errors due to the part being covered. I think my problem is the parts have too
