Steve,

Have you beat the bushes in the used equipment area?  I remember K3 having
some a few years ago,  might be something around.

Gary Camac 

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:02 PM
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Subject: [TN] Axial component Tape and Reel Machines...

Hi All!
 
We have a few customers that we build some PTH boards for. The quantities
have been mostly pretty low, and we usually buy loose axial components
because the quantities don't justify buying reels, then we cut and hand form
them, and drop them in the board by hand.
 
Well now the quantities are starting to increase a little, but not to the
point of buying reels yet. We would like to start auto-inserting the boards
but we are still stuck with having to deal with loose components.
Tape and reel houses charge anywhere from $40 - 50 per part number to tape
them, and if we were to try and pass this cost on to our customers they
would sh%t.
 
So I'm looking for a loose component axial tape and reel machine. The only
one I've found is one from a company called Hansa Tooling (
http://www.hansatooling.com/axial.html ). Not a bad looking machine, but
they want $8,500 for it. When I told my boss that, he just about sh%t. 
 
So I'm wondering any of you know of any other machines that might be a
little cheaper?
 
TIA
 
-Steve Gregory-
 
 

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