Electronic component packing reel
AssigneeNexperia B.V.
InventorsKing Fai Poon, Tin Ho Wong, Fei Ying Wong
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an electronic component packing reel for a tape and reel packaging system and the electronic components are supported in pockets of a carrier tape wound around the reel, the packing reel includes: a central hub; two wall elements attached on both sides of the centrale hub defining a retaining space for retaining the carrier tape wound around the central hub; a hub insert arranged for placement of the hub insert over the central hub, the hub insert having an outer rim diameter for increasing a diameter of the central hub, and the hub insert includes at least two sections having mating locking means for interlocking the sections upon placement of the hub insert over the central hub.
Claims19
A system of an electronic component packing reel and a hub insert for a tape and reel packaging system wherein the electronic components are supported in pockets of a carrier tape wound around the reel, the packing reel comprising:
- a central hub;
- two wall elements attached on both sides of the central hub defining a retaining space for retaining the carrier tape wound around the central hub,
- wherein the hub insert is arranged for placement over the central hub, the hub insert having an outer rim diameter for increasing a diameter of the central hub, wherein the hub insert comprises at least two sections configured to interlock the sections upon placement of the hub insert over the central hub, and wherein the hub insert has an annular area selected in accordance with a length of the tape to be wound around the packing reel to allow visual inspection without de-winding of the carrier tape.
A method of winding a carrier tape on an electronic component packing reel, wherein the electronic component packing reel is arranged for a tape and reel packing system and wherein the electronic components are supported in pockets of the carrier tape wound around the reel, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining the length of the carrier tape;
- providing the packing reel;
- determining a central hub diameter of the packing reel;
- attaching a hub insert over the central hub, when it is determined that the circumferential diameter of the tape, in the condition in which the tape is wrapped around the central hub, is less than 400 mm, for increasing a diameter of the central hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.