Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 12:22:08 EDT 2001 | Kevin
Cal, There are several suppliers of cover tape materials that do not require heat to activate the adhesive. 3M and Advantek are likely the leaders. There are relatively few T&R machines that can handle both heat and non-heat applications - as Chri
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 27 16:15:09 EDT 2024 | mistrthou
I've seen a smart splice demo at an expo, and was fairly impressed. They would work well with our mycronic machines. I like that they have a tape system and you can just splice blank tape and reuse them.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 27 19:14:37 EDT 2024 | proceng1
CoT used to make a tray for a tray feeder that you can slide your cut tapes into. Then you use it like a tray feeder and just teach the pocket positions.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 26 18:07:31 EDT 2024 | SMTA-74487602
All, What are the current industry options for putting leaders on cut tape? In our NPI practices, we're often sent parts directly from the customer in the form of cut tape in an exact needed quantity. As you can imagine, this is a pain in getting
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 21 10:11:12 EDT 2005 | gregp
Hi Rob, I'm not sure I know what you mean. Are you referring to adding leaders to cut tapes in order to minimize component loss? Also, I've never heard of tapes snapping. Is this something you see regularly on a particular piece of equipment? Th
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 | Fri Sep 23 10:25:40 EDT 2005 | gregp
On our machines, the feeder release latch is designed such that the feeder goes offline (machine will not pick from it) before you can actually remove the feeder. This makes it virtually impossible to damage a nozzle or spindle. I'm not sure about
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 | 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 | Thu May 04 12:02:37 EDT 2017 | tombstonesmt
Splice in carrier tape left over or purchase leaders from suppliers like Sierra. http://tapesplice.com/product-category/flat-punched-carrier-tape/
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