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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TechNet-request To: TECHNET Subject: Splicing of SMT component tape Date: 29 Nov 95 11:05AM Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:33:12 -0500 Old-Return-Path: <miso!ix.netcom.com!LEOT1> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 11:05:58 -0800 Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] (Leo Reynolds ) Subject: Splicing of SMT component tape To: [log in to unmask] Resent-Message-ID: <"B3Fnf.0.7dF.fRDlm"@ipc> Resent-From: [log in to unmask] X-Mailing-List: <[log in to unmask]> archive/latest/1910 X-Loop: [log in to unmask] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >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.