In a message dated 11/08/1999 8:34:03 AM Central Standard Time,
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<< On many boards we build we place  small pins for test purposes, can't be
 done in wave so we do them in smt. These guys consume a major portion of our
 cycle time so we would like to place these with a dedicated machine. Our
 current pick and place machine leaves half as many of these pins on the
 floor than it places on the board.  Does anyone know of a better system to
 pick and place something like this? About 1 cm long with a nub 1 third the
 way down.

 Any comments would be apprciated.

 Dave >>

Hi Dave!

You might wanna check out: http://www.zierick.com/cat36/surf_9.htm

It's a pin feeder designed to use Zierick's pins. Don't know whose pins your
using now, but I'll bet that Zierick has something that's compatible. I've
not used this system, or know how much it costs, but it looks pretty slick to
me...and compatible with a lot of pick and place equipment.

-Steve Gregory-

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