Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 15:51:51 EDT 2023 | curtfo
I am designing a tape and reel system for a customer that want automatic reel change. Are there any products out there for automatically changing out the reels on a tape and reel machine?
Electronics Forum | Tue May 28 12:32:20 EDT 2024 | carl_p
Yes, there are a few lights out factory simulations taking place.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 10:31:54 EDT 2024 | carl_p
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Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 24 17:15:11 EDT 2024 | SMTA-75390352
Does anyone know of any companies that can take a tube of parts and bend / form the leads and then place them on tape and reel? It's a fairly large part as well which I'm not sure makes matters worse or better. https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon
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
