Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 17 19:11:46 EDT 2002 | melo_guy
My company does all T&R and value added options in house.
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 16 12:55:27 EDT 2002 | davef
We send parts out to be tape & reeled. We do not send all loose parts out to be tape & reeled. As you would expect, we base our decision on: * T&R service company lead time * Our production schedule * Cost benefit of T&R versus some other productio
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 11 13:37:35 EDT 2001 | Stefan
The pressure sensitive tape is used as an alternative to heat sealed cover tape. It works usually quite well and is easily applied by the taping machine, but it can create some problems in the tape feeder. In the Surftape, Cal is referring to, the c
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 14:10:24 EDT 2001 | cal
I am confused. You are using pressure sensitive tape. the pessure sensitive tape i have seen does not use cover tape.The pressure sensitive tape I am familiar with is called "Surftape" could you provide some more clarification?? Surftape is more co
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 10 11:43:11 EST 2004 | Bill Aldeen
My name is Bill Aldeen, and I own and operate Nu-Way Electronics, Inc. We provide Tape & Reel packaging service for surface mount and through-hole electronic components. We're in the Chicago area, and we serve all of North America competitively. W
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 13:35:00 EDT 2001 | stepheno
I used to work with Chris. (neither of us are there anymore). What is he talking about is putting components into "pockets". The parts would come in, in sticks (tubes) but we wanted them in reels. At first we sent them out to be reeled, but that w
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 03 13:50:37 EST 2004 | gregp
The root cause of your problem is your placement equipment. It is not designed for continuous production during component replenishment. Feeders that can be removed, reloaded, and placed back on the machine while the machine is running (without mis
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 30 17:46:17 EST 2020 | charliedci
Asking for recommendations on tape and reel service provider. Have many bulk TH components, we're looking to machine insert. Appreciate any input. Charlie
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 06 18:01:01 EST 2003 | dougt
This is getting deep but here's my input: Here's an idea....... Get a full reel and weigh it on a parts scale down in the stock room. Next weigh an empty reel. Subtract empty from full, and devide this value by the quantity of the full reel. This
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 03 15:17:18 EST 2003 | jonfox
We use this for our measurements: N=(17000(D^2-d^2))/(C*P) N=number of parts on reel D=OD of carrier tape on reel (inches) d=OD of reel core (inches) C=thickness of carrier tape (mils) P=pocket pitch (millimeters) example: 6"OD on 3" core of 40-mil
