Larry,

This is expensive just to save a few cheap components but will also make
setup faster.  Buy enough feeders and feeder storage carts to leave all
of the components on a feeder.

Jerry 

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Davis, Larry
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:08 PM
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Subject: [TN] Setup/tear down loss

I was wondering if anyone has found a unique way to reduce the amount of
component loss due to the setups and tear downs of SMT feeders.  Our
feeders peel the cover tape back about 2-3 inches leaving several parts
exposed and when the reel is removed from the feeder we typically lose
the parts that are no longer covered unless the operator is extremely
careful. I have had the cover tape "taped" back down in the past but it
really increases the amount of time it takes to load the feeder the next
time due to having to remove the tape.  I know there are feeders from
other companies that have less loss due to the feeder design but there
are a lot of us that have this problem I'm sure.  Just curious how
others handle this.  

TIA for your feedback, 

Larry

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