Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 14 22:43:46 EST 2005 | 00629
Im from a semiconductor manufacturing company and we received feedback from customers about cover tape tearing on 16mm heat activated cover tapes...the manifestation of the tear is that it starts from both sides of the seal and continues towards the
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 | Thu Sep 22 08:06:13 EDT 2005 | gregp
Hello Rob, We have reel hangers on our feeders as opposed to "buckets". The reels cannot be removed while the feeder is mounted to the machine. Thus splicing is not currently an option. As mentioned above, we felt that it is easier to remove the f
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 15:14:53 EST 2020 | SMTA-Alex
This happens with either old tape, the cover tape doesn't stay sealed on the left side, or is the seal is too far to the right, the knife lifts the cover tape. There isn't much you can do in this case. Your choices are: switch the component into an A
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 08 16:13:01 EST 2015 | rgeisz
Nope - I mean continuous production of components on film (tape) substrate - from a reel into the printer/dispenser, then into the P/P, then into the oven, then back to takeup reel.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 21 08:34:03 EDT 2007 | rgduval
We have the same problems with cut/tape parts. But, we specialize in short-run prototypes, so I don't have much of a choice but to deal with it, and find a way to make it as easy as possible. We just demo'd a splice tool from Sierra Electronics (ww
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 30 17:58:01 EDT 1999 | Boca
| My guess would be trapped flux continuing to be active after soldering. Is the tarnish there immediately after exiting the machine? Do you remove the mask and wash right away? If the solder is reflowing under the mask on the component side it wo
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 04 15:39:29 EST 2005 | russ
Anybody out there using these and having trouble getting them out of the tape? We currently are experiencing these parts being stuck in the tape. The carrier tape is mis-formed leaving a slight lip over the top of the component preventing our place
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 06 16:26:36 EDT 2002 | Bob
Thanks for all the input. It is pretty much what we have checked for, microscopic analisys before printing, assembly and reflow, but like we all seem to agree one ball of solder is hard to find. The boards are full QWERTY keypads with a few LED's a
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 29 12:28:32 EST 2018 | slthomas
What I'm thinking is that your cutter/former (or whatever the "boot" shaped assembly is called, that provides the dies for cutting and forming parts from the tape) could be worn, dull, bent, etc., and once in a while you get a lead that doesn't enter
