Topline (310-433-7000)offers a tape splicer that may help although I 
     can't personnally vouch for it's effectiveness.
     
     steve ethier
     Lockheed Martin Commercial Electronics
     603-885-8432


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Following from the EMPF HelpLine in Indianpolis, prepared by Pat Kane:
I would call one of the several "reeling" services that do custom reeling of 
components.  Two company names I have are:
     
Advantek Inc.
581 Clearwater Dr.
Minnetonka, MN 55343
612-938-6800
     
     
Lightner Automation Inc.
441 Carpenter Ave.
Wheeling, Il 60090
708-215-8888
     
These two vendors supply tape, reels, and custom reeling.  If they cannot 
resolve the problem with supplies or information, they could probably come 
up with another vendor who could in their industry.
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>From time to time, we split reels of SMT taped components so that we can 
run the same part on two or three pick & place machines.  Of course this 
only occurs on small or end of run projects where there is only one reel 
of parts available.
     
Our question is, Are there splicing systems available for attaching 
leaders on the cut end of the reels to eliminate parts loss?
     
Thanks,
     
Leo Reynolds
Electronic Systems, Inc.