CPC B65C 9/40 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B65C 1/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/26 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65C 2009/408 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
1. A method of labeling a reel of electrical components, the method comprising:
grasping a reel having an exposed label indicating information about electrical components carried on the reel, the exposed label residing on an underside of the reel;
moving the grasped reel across a label sensor to gather the indicated electrical component information;
generating a new label indicating information determined as a function of gathered information; and,
while the reel remains grasped, affixing the new label to the underside of the reel while the underside of the reel is facing down.
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