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About 0.9deg hollow shaft steppers - you can get, actually quite easy. I have ordered 25pcs from Alibaba. With my custom modifications ( long shafts, each side 40mm) as I need more then ordinary 25mm ( in my case linear bearing goes directly over the shaft). So if you need 1..2pcs I can sell you and...

I have ordered one .. to find out it is again out of stock.
But I am on a waiting list

So - have you got yours ? I plan to buy as well and I am interested in your opinion.

>> Really injection molding would be the ticket here i believe for fast manufacturing.

My plan is to use plastic moulding as well.
I do have this one: http://www.travin.co.uk/tp1.html
I will make myslef cheap moulds ( from precise aluminium blocks ) on my CNC

and it works fine. That for sure - just slower. But it does not matter much I guess. I have seen here some pictures even for transparent tapes - and it was still ok (surpisingly). I use 90 deg micro engine which pulls cover tape ( like Volker Besmens in his machine), so I cannot rely much on the ca...

Got conformation that the top connector is a stepper and the tape peeler is a dc motor. These can be bought without owning the machine. Tomorrow ( once I get to work) I will put some pictures of my design - actually it is quite simple to to the things yourself. I use CNC machined acryl, aluminium e...

Oh yeah and then don't forget about alibaba.com and aliexpress.com, amazing sources - alibaba literally have anything you want, i haven done the craziest searches and something always pops up. I have actually order 25 pcs of special step motor version for my machine. Quite amazing that they were no...

What is the mechanism for advancing tape ?

First tests seems ok :D I can move from component 1 to component 35 on each strip without any issues. Well, positioning should not be an issue once using camera ( well, it would not work blindly, these paper tapes tend to stretch a bit). But have you actually tried to pick components from trays ? T...

I should have somewhere Siplace nozzles for melfs which could be used instead of needles. But these are directional - you would need one more sensor or calibrate it with camera after assembling ( using e.g. color dot) Anyway - all small pitch Siplace nozzles are directional - to get better grip of s...