Tom, Most equipment vendors sell special nozzles for MELF's, they are either molded to fit the contour of the melf body or have a Vee notch cut in the nozzle. Universal, Mydata, Siemens, Quad (machines I have used) all sell these kinds of nozzles Royce ********************************************************** Royce Taylor Sr. SMT Process Engineer Hadco Value Added Manufacturing 10 Manor Parkway Salem, NH 03079 (603)896-2192 voice (603)896-2006 fax (800)973-4679 pager email: [log in to unmask] ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [TN] Pick and Place of Melf Parts. Author: Tom Burek <[log in to unmask]> at smtplink-hadco Date: 3/29/00 1:41 PM Does anyone have any good ideas on how to pick and place a Melf component without it sliding or falling off of the nozzle? We are using a QSP2 but have had some difficulty keeping it on the nozzle during pick and place. Any experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Tom Burek ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################