It is important that customers be familiar with available packing configuration in the industry. Hereby we summarize description of packing configurations to make this information easier to disseminate.

 Stick magazine (Shipping Tube)
The stick magazine (also called shipping tube) was developed in the early days of the integrated circuit (IC) industry. The magazine is used to transport and store electronic components between the manufacturer and the customer and for use in the manufacturing plant. Magazines also are used to feed components to automatic-placement machines for surface and through-hole board mounting. Multiple stick magazines are placed in next-level intermediate containers (boxes and bags) in standard packing quantities.

Tray
The IC shipping tray contains the components during component-assembly operations, during transport and storage from the component manufacturing plant to the customer’s board-assembly site, and when feeding components to automatic-placement machines for surface mounting on board assemblies. The tray is designed for components that have leads on four sides (i.e.QFP and TQFP packages) and require component lead isolation during shipping, handling, or processing. Trays are stacked and bound together to form standard packing configurations. SLL uses only standard JEDEC tray configurations. 

Tape and reel
The tape-and-reel configuration is used for transport and storage from the manufacturer of the electronic components to the customer, and for use in the customer manufacturing plant. The configuration is designed for feeding components to automatic-placement machines for surface mounting on board assemblies. The configuration can be used for all SMT packages and provides component lead isolation during shipping, handling, and processing. The complete configuration consists of a carrier tape with sequential individual cavities that hold individual components, and a cover tape that seals the carrier tape to retain the components in the cavities. In most cases, single reels of components are inserted into intermediate boxes before shipping.

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