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 | Fri Sep 23 09:14:47 EDT 2005 | Base
Hey Rob, I've seen operators splicing large tapes not just by sticking them together with a piece of splicing-tape, but additionally they overlap the tapes and (forcefully) insert the last pocket of the leaving reel into the first (empty) pocket of
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 23 08:16:57 EDT 2005 | gregp
Base, You are absolutely correct. This is what I intend to do. In fact, our feeders at one time had reel hangers that would allow for reel removal and thus splicing. Sometimes it is frustrating when people are set in their ways and won't consider
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 21 04:20:40 EDT 2005 | Rob
Hi Greg, Remember, splicing isn't just for when components run out - it's also for when you have to pull a part reel from stock, swap it across machines with different feeders, or when the tape snaps. Cheers, Rob.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 22 10:48:08 EDT 2005 | Rob
Cheers Greg, It's unusual to have such direct access to manufacturers & their opinions. I'll tell you what really does get us, and splicing doesn't work well on these occaisions - big SMD connectors, requiring deep pocket feeders. You only get m
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 22 13:09:16 EDT 2005 | gregp
Thanks for the reply Rob, This we already do. The machine will pick from the most efficient available feeder (assuming multiples of the same part number)...so when you remove the primary it will seemlessly move to the next available. When you re-in
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 21 12:30:03 EDT 2005 | Rob
Hi Greg, We've used lots of machines over the years & seen lots of different tape related issues - the main one being snap off of the cover tape, usually due to too much glue, over entusiastic heat seal, or a feeder requiring maintainance. Also the
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 03 07:54:37 EST 2004 | stefwitt
According to inquiries of splicing tape, it is been done at many places. I do agree that the feeder fouls badly, if the splice brakes. How much longer does it take to fix the problem with a broken splice? How quickly can you change a feeder/tape with
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 15:27:57 EDT 2014 | tombstonesmt
We splice all day. We use sierra splice tool and their yellow splice. Technique that I found works very well is to peel back the cover tape of new reel over two empty slots (our machine detects when splice occurs and allows two empty slots without re
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 03 09:21:53 EST 2004 | davef
We splice no tapes. Search the fine SMTnet Archives for additional discussion.
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