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Offline dimbmwTopic starter

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Hi everyone,
I plan to purchase a pick and place and wondering what should be my initial choice of the feeders?
I understand it depends on the designs, but let's assume that I want to look into the future, not in the past, so what is the optimal initial choice ? What types and quanities of reel feeders (how many and type 8-mm, 12-mm etc) and vibration feeders (3-tube, 5-tube etc) are a must have ? What have you chosen when ordered your p&p? Thanks for sharing !
 

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Hopefully someone will reply before the Chinese New Year, so that I still have time to order :)
 

Offline RobK_NL

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For what it's worth, here's what I ordered with my TVM920:

- 45x 8mm
- 10x 12mm
- 5x 16mm
- 4x 24mm
- one each of a 3- and 5-lane vibration feeder

As I don't use anything below 0603, I ordered 4mm indexing feeders only. In the future I might buy a few extra 12mm, as more and more ICs are being delivered on tape rather than stick nowadays.
My order was based on what I had on my previous machine, which served me well over 8 years. Your mileage may of course vary.
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Hi everyone,
I plan to purchase a pick and place and wondering what should be my initial choice of the feeders?
I understand it depends on the designs, but let's assume that I want to look into the future, not in the past, so what is the optimal initial choice ? What types and quanities of reel feeders (how many and type 8-mm, 12-mm etc) and vibration feeders (3-tube, 5-tube etc) are a must have ? What have you chosen when ordered your p&p? Thanks for sharing !

without knowing what you want to do (business, hobby, digital, analog, RF) the only
answer is: as many feeders as possible, you cannot have too many.
I would not go below 40 feeders 8mm.
 
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Offline richardlawson1489

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Have you checked other online site like pcbway, pcb shoppers? You may find a quick solution from there.
 

Offline dimbmwTopic starter

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For what it's worth, here's what I ordered with my TVM920:

- 45x 8mm
- 10x 12mm
- 5x 16mm
- 4x 24mm
- one each of a 3- and 5-lane vibration feeder

As I don't use anything below 0603, I ordered 4mm indexing feeders only. In the future I might buy a few extra 12mm, as more and more ICs are being delivered on tape rather than stick nowadays.
My order was based on what I had on my previous machine, which served me well over 8 years. Your mileage may of course vary.


Thanks!

For 16 mm and 24 mm feeders - are you really using them?  for which component types?

also - why did you buy the 3-tube vibration feeders? i think they cost just like a 5-tube ones - so seems like no sense to buy the 3-tube type...

thanks!
 

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16mm is pretty common - SO14/16 for example.
24m less so - I occasionally use one for a particular LED driver in 1mm SOIC as well as FFC connectors, JST PH connectors and HC4/49 SMD crystals
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why did you buy the 3-tube vibration feeders?
A 3-lane feeder takes up less space than a 5-lane one. More space left for other feeders.

As Mike said, 16mm for SOICs and such. 24mm for crystals and inductors.
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