Peter, My understanding is that most feeders pull the tape back at some distance before and travels under a shudder plate until the component pick-up point. If your feeders have a big enough opening where the tape is pulled back, try placing a piece of plastic to close that opening so that it leaves enough room for just the tape. This way, the plastic will impede the progress of the component,and in turn, will fall back into the pocket. Tom Han And the At 02:13 PM 12/16/99 -0800, you wrote: >>>> I'm having a problem with one 0805 cap part number where the parts are being pulled out of the pocket before the placement head can pick it up and they are sticking to the cover tape as it is pulled back from the pick up position. I have tried another reel and still the same problem. I'm guessing it is a static charge that is being generated that is causing this. Don't think it is glue. I have another 0805 cap in a feeder right next to this one and it is not having this problem. This is a consignment build with the customer supplying us with only two reels. Any ideas? Peter Wong Silicon Forest Electronics, Inc. <<<<<<<< ############################################################## 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 To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################