Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 04 16:29:39 EST 2008 | tonyamenson
I have been trying to eliminate the troublesome tubed parts in our SMT process but because we are a high mix/low-medium volume we still have to deal with it sometimes. However, the ones I can fix I'm working on. The next step in my war against tubes
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 06 09:48:24 EST 2008 | mainenetservices
Tony, We have a splicing service that would enable you to take a reel of 1,000 to 5,000 components and splice it down onto reels of 100, 250, 500, etc. parts for use in production. The price is $10 per splice and there is a set-up charge of $100 but
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 14:35:02 EST 2009 | rrpowers
We do continuous reel-to-reel flex circuit PCB's with a typical "panel" width being 12". (The PCB pattern repeats every 12".) We have done some product that was 24" by doing one half of the board then the other through the screen printer. We have
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 | Fri Jan 15 17:42:14 EST 2016 | huske
We rarely do profiling so we don't need all the new fancy stuff. But when we do I get a piece of aluminum rod and an empty reel of parts (preferably a 12" reel) fasten the thermocouples and wrap the loose end around the reel. The larger reel gives
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 05 01:08:41 EDT 2019 | kasun_elk
It's difficult to allocate one operator to splice empty tape because we are always try to minimize # operators. Most of the time original reel are received to production and after completed assembling small strips are inside the feeder then there is
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 19 22:46:18 EST 2020 | tueftler
Hi there. I'm searching for a good adhesive tape to fix the used smd tape on its reel after mounting. So that the reel will not spin off. It should be have a great glue, so that there is no glue residue after next opening the reel. Did anybode ha
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 12 10:05:52 EST 2001 | Charlie
What has been your experance with fine pitch parts taped and reeled? Will I have lead problems?
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 23 13:37:11 EDT 2000 | Sarry
Does anybody have problem with 8 mm paper component reels?. when feeder indexs component, the tape is not separated form the components completely. soemtimes it takes up the paper from the tape.( I believe it is because of tape has sticky material ).
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 26 20:14:12 EST 2000 | dave
I'm looking for a extension arm to fit on a Zevatech 8mm feeder which will allow us to use a 13" reel instead of the standard 7" reel. Does anyone make these or will I have to buld my own???