The plastic bending tree (and the automatic machines) keep the bending forces from damaging the components.  It also provides uniformity in the spacing for easier insertion.  Hand bending can put undesirable stresses at the lead entry point on the components.


Carl Van Wormer, P.E., AE7GD
Senior Hardware Engineer
Cipher Engineering LLC
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-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nutting, Phil
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 7:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Axial component forming

Amol,

I/we use the green "tree" style lead formers for hand work if the parts are not already bent and trimmed.  When we are building on our pick-n-place machine we use a machine made by Hepco.  Feed in a whole reel and out comes the parts formed and trimmed for installation.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amol Kane
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:44 AM
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Subject: [TN] Axial component forming

Hello all,
What are folks out there using for axial component forming? I was looking for some pros and cons of using the plastic lead forming tools/templates (that look like a Christmas tree) versus using the pliers (or any other tools). Are there any items to look out for during the use of these templates?

Thanks,
Amol



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