Re: Parts Storage

John Larkin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:00:29 GMT, Robert Baer
> <robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Standard coin envelopes are *not* specified as being anti-static.
>
> I knew that! If the parts are especially static sensitive - and most
> aren't - stuff the plastic antistatic bag that they came in, into the
> coin envelope.
>
> > And envelopes are rather inconvenient for storage of a fair number of
> >parts, and leave labelling and sorting a bit messy for easy readability
> >and access.
>
> Labeling? Just write on them with a nice bold Sharpie. I also cut out
> the Digikey label or whatever and stuff it inside or tape it to the
> back if it's interesting. And I make notes on the envelope, like the
> name of the rep that sampled it to me, or measured junction
> capacitance, anything interesting. A hundred will stack nicely,
> upright, in a standard cardboard stockroom bin. For surfmount parts,
> storage density must be 20x that of plastic drawers, and much cheaper
> and easier to use.
>
> John


I did something similar to that at Microdyne with the 3" * 5" zip
lock antistatic bags. I used standard size mailing labels to put the
stock number and a full descripton on the from of the bags to organize
my "SIT" parts, along with some components that were easly damaged in
assembly or reflow. A pair of those 18" deep plasitc stock bins kept
almost everything in order, sorted by type and values. It cut my trips
to the stockroom by 95% becasue I got the little stuff like SMD
resistors and capacitors by the hundred. It cost just shy of $5.00 to
process the paperwork for each trip to the stock room, and 100 of most
of those items were worth less than $5.00.

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