To SMT assemblers: We have been building our engineering prototype boards through the normal production cycle to prove out design for manufacturability. But in doing so, we are faced with having to present small pieces of taped parts to our automatic pick and place machine. Since we can't load small pieces on the feeders, we have to program discrete locations on the wagon to pick those parts which is time consuming and straying from normal production methods(production quantities would be much larger). I was wondering if other manufacturers had similar issues and how they were dealing with it. Any suggestions/comments?? Thanks in advance. Karen A. Catallozzi Industrial Engineer Hughes Training, Inc.-Link Division Binghamton, NY [log in to unmask]