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Splicing on an SMT Line: Should It Still Be Done by Hand?
Nov 03 , 2026
Most plants work out the cost of splicing by counting what one operator costs per month. The arithmetic is right, but it only covers half the cost — the other half hides in line stoppages. Tape gets spliced slowly, or crookedly, and the mounter has to wait; worse, the tape jams or throws parts once it goes on, and the whole line stops. Stoppages have one particular feature: they never show up on t...
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SMT warehouse reels: used halfway, then returned — what splitting saves is the books, not just the material.
Nov 05 , 2026
A line needs 2,000 components, so the warehouse issues a full reel of 5,000. The line uses 2,000 and returns the remaining 3,000. The return is booked, the reel goes back on the shelf. It sounds clean — except that the odd 3,000 on that reel may not be 3,000 at all. In practice it usually isn't. The remainder gets established three different ways — by counting, by weighing, or by trusting the orig...
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