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ApplicationTotal System Saving

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Cost pressures today are forcing many electronics manu-

facturers to automate their production lines Surface mount

technology plays a key role in this cost-savings trend be-

cause

1 The mounting of devices on the PC board surface elimi-

nates the expense of drilling holes

2 The use of pick-and-place machines to assemble the PC

boards greatly reduces labor costs

3 The lighter and more compact assembled products re-

sulting from the smaller dimensions of surface mount

packages mean lower material costs

Production processes now permit both surface mount and

insertion mount components to be assembled on the same

PC board

Automated manufacturers can improve their cost savings by

using Tape-and-Reel for surface mount devices Simplified

handling results because hundreds-to-thousands of semi-

conductors are carried on a single Tape-and-Reel pack (see

the ‘‘Ordering Information’’ section for the exact quantities)

With this higher device count per reel (when compared with

less than 100 devices per rail) pick-and-place machines

have to be re-loaded less frequently and lower labor costs

result

With Tape-and-Reel manufacturers save twiceonce from

using surface mount technology for automated PC board

assembly and again from less device handling during ship-

ment and machine set-up

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