Minimum components for pick-and-place to load?

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Can a pick-and place machine load just one or two parts from cut-tape? I'm about to order components for my prototype boards and wonder if i need to order a minimum number of components for the machine to "get a grip" of the tape.
 

Yes the pick and place equipment can. The only catch is that the equipment needs a certain length of tape for tape and reel formats to be able to feed the machine.

Your CM will take the parts you give them but they will charge you a fee to put the parts on a reel with enough feeder tape. Do yourself and your CM a favor and buy enough parts to have a strip of tape at least two feet long.

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Thanks nxtech. I will have to pay the special fee because the prototype series is so small. Two feed worth of components would last for 50 prototypes
 

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