As an OEM we have had a policy that wenever our Engineering group wants to 
use a new SMT part for product we purchase a feeder for that part. Thus, 
when we change over from one product to another, we simply need to swap 
feeders. 

A sister company does it differently - they take reels off the feeders and put 
a new reel on the feeder and then put the feeder back on the machine. 

Our approach would seem to cut down on changeover time (although you 
could have two sets of feeders, and swap reels for the next job while the 
machine is running the current job), but is inherently more expensive, 
considering the cost of feeders. 

Just wondering what the others in industry do...

Blair

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