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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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A Remainder Is Not Scrap — It Is Money That Has Not Been Merged Yet
Nov 07 , 2026
There are usually two things people say about reel remainders. One is “save whatever you can”. The other is “it isn't worth much”. Neither is quite right. The cost of a remainder has two parts: one in material, one in people. The first is easy to see. The second is barely recorded at all. 1. Remainders are not born as scrap. They are short strips nobody splices At the end of a reel, a few dozen to...
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