Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 05 16:49:11 EDT 2000 | Chris
Is anyone having trouble with PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive) cover tape used with embossed plastic tape? I am placing 0402 components out of embossed plastic tape with PSA cover tape. The feeders gum up, the take up reels are impossible to remov
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 23 18:14:46 EDT 2014 | warwolf
We have worked out as a guide formula to help us calculate this. As we have products that range from 5 unique pars to ~300 parts it is tricky to answer clearly. we worked out an average time to change our feeders at 3 minutes (this includes removin
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 | Mon Jul 14 12:11:17 EDT 2014 | rgduval
We used to use the Tapesplicer tool available from http://www.tapesplice.com (Sierra Electronics), in a high mix, low volume environment with MyData's (older feeders). Short review: It worked. Longer review: First, technique is everything. Splicin
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 04 22:03:35 EDT 2011 | machinehead
Yeah that is a drawback to those feeders. The > plastic part that is mentioned in one of the > responses is okay but you have to be real careful > when pulling the tape out before you can put that > part on. Mydata always says to leave the reel
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
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 13 09:29:44 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Long, Cmiller is right, check out the vendors and ask for lots of info, they'll flood you with it. You also mite ask to see their equipment working in a facility near you. Also check out IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001. Get to know the different termi
Electronics Forum | Sun May 17 13:46:30 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hi All! I've been reading this conversation which prompted me to break out the IPC-SM-786A from the IPC manuals from our parent company in Maryland sent us (we're just starting up in California). It's the Procedures for Characterizing and Handling of
Electronics Forum | Mon May 14 17:12:20 EDT 2001 | davef
Continuing along the path that Brian took ... IPC-7525 gives design guideline for stepped stencils. It goes something like: * Stepped area SB GT 25 thou from pads located on the greatest thickness of the stencil * Pads in stepped area SB GT 35 tho
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