Hi Phil, That's a easy question me at the present, we don't have any auto-insertion equipment, so it's all done by hand, but then again we do very little PTH. But at the last company I worked at all the radial stuff was done by hand. We had a sequencer, VCD, and DIP Inserter, and the company before that we had a sequencer, two VCD's, a DIP inserter, and three Contact CS-400's. I've only worked for one company that had a dedicated radial inserter and that was out in California quite some time ago... Steve --- On Tue, 4/24/12, Phil Nutting <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Phil Nutting <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [TN] PTH radial versus axial capacitors To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 2:02 PM Ok, here is my question for this week. We still build many PTH boards. Traditional design using radial lead ceramic capacitors. I'm being told that "99%" of contract manufacturers can't machine insert radial leaded parts. So the desire is to change our ceramic caps to axial leaded. To the CMs reading this, what are your capabilities for inserting radial leaded ceramic capacitors, by hand only or automatic? In-house we use Contact Systems semi-automatic placement machines and this is not an issue. Phil Nutting Design for Manufacturing Engineer Kaiser Systems, Inc. 126 Sohier Road Beverly, MA 01915 Phone: 978-922-9300 x1310 Fax: 978-922-8374 e-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.kaisersystems.com<http://www.kaisersystems.com> www.linkedin.com/in/philnutting<http://www.linkedin.com/in/philnutting> ________________________________ Note: All the information contained in this e-mail and its attachments is proprietary to Kaiser Systems, Inc. and it may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of sender. If you have received this email in error, please immediately return it to sender and delete the copy you received. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________