Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 14:29:55 EST 2007 | James
Does anyone have a solution to using thick tape on quad feeders? The feeders are not strong enough to handle the thicker carrier tape. This causes much downtime and frustration.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 08:46:45 EST 2007 | leemeyer
I have experienced this problem on the Quad thinpro feeders only. I have not had any issues with their standard feeders.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 11:38:46 EST 2007 | slthomas
Are these 12 or 5 volt feeders?
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 07 13:07:34 EST 2007 | James
Yes we have done that in the past but this time it did not work well.
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 16:33:40 EST 2007 | slthomas
Not sure what you mean by thicker embossed tape. I've only seen one thickness as far as the tape, but I have seen electrolytic caps on tape that were too tall for the feeders.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 12:52:33 EST 2007 | James
The feeders have 8 pins, so I believe they are 12 v. But will double check
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 10:43:18 EST 2007 | James
Especially on capacitors, the tape is so thick that the motor starts to slow down and does not advance the parts fast enough or not at all. This happens on regular 8mm.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 06 16:08:55 EST 2007 | mfoster
Some guys used to hang weight on the spent tape with a binder clip to help pull the tape through. Not ideal of course, but may help in a pinch...if you try it, you'll have to move the weight(s) up every so often.
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 18:10:41 EST 2002 | andrewbrook
Quad4C's have their moments. If the price is right and you are aware of the machines limitations then you will be satisfied. The placement rate is slow, 1.2 seconds/chip. Don't buy any Quad if it has the CyberOptics Laser unit, the Quadalign unit is
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 09:51:08 EST 2002 | Claude_Couture
I have worked with 4c's for two years. The feeders are "tinker toys" with a mechanism that slips, so the pick-up has to be adjusted several times as the reel is used, especially with 13" reels. The worm gear was plastic on the steel shaft of the moto
