Electronics Forum | Sat May 04 13:06:40 EDT 2024 | erikfriesen
We are using these Cover tape extenders https://smtsupplies.com/products/cover-tape-extenders-8-12mm-yellow-500-per-box The problem we have is that we have on 8mm feeders is that these leaders are harder plastic, and we have to put fishing weights o
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 19 06:56:54 EDT 2006 | QTEK Manufacturing Ltd. www.qtek.com
QTEK Manufacturing Ltd. provide a solution to the above problem, QTEK Cover Tape Extender adds an extra 380mm to cover the tape of component reels. It saves components being wasted or discard when strating a new tape through a feeder, and enables the
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 14:27:19 EDT 2024 | spoiltforchoice
I have tried cover tape extenders from a multitude of sources and they all seem to be made of the same plastic. I think your best solution might be to splice on carrier tape extenders instead, these can come with conventional cover tape already fitte
Electronics Forum | Tue May 09 10:53:36 EDT 2006 | Tapesplice.com
Sierra Electronics can provide leader tape samples to any one that want to test. We can provide enough for testing at NO cost. We also have a Tape Splicer loan program that allows you to test ALL our Tape Splicing Products and lets you make the dec
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 12:48:54 EST 2006 | krc
Pardon my ignorance on this subject but I gotta ask... When the SMT guys load partial reels, I'm told that they have to waste a few components in the process. It seemed obvious to me that there should be a kind of tape that can be added to the end
Electronics Forum | Fri May 10 01:18:33 EDT 2024 | murtaza
Try using the splice tape without the plastic extension. Use old tape to make the splice. This is much cheaper as well. For the plastic tapes, you have to bend the front a bit during setup and also after running a few boards, stop the machine and
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 13:53:53 EST 2006 | PWH
We've had poor luck with leaders - inefficient, not cost effective for the price of the parts usually. In my opinion, your best bet is to over-issue parts to a scrap # that works for you (all feeders are different as are machine scrap rates). This
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 21 10:40:18 EDT 2005 | PWH
Splicing for us has been a rough go as we haven't really found a tool that works well/fast. We have a few different machines = different feeders. They all react different to a splicing "style". The best so far is a crimp tool that crimps a brass s
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 21 15:00:51 EST 2020 | spoiltforchoice
Specific to this very purpose https://www.somersetsolders.com/smt-reel-sealers/p319?gclid=CjwKCAiArIH_BRB2EiwALfbH1AeOU9NaGStQBhvTITVHLZW0UtXMDFfbdo4YB4vtIyP9DxTGYWGAGhoCXLIQAvD_BwE Nothing Steier is cheap, while its easy enough to find cheap altern
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 12 09:59:29 EDT 2007 | splicetronics
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