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TAPE EXTENDERS OR LEADER TAPE TAPE EXTENDERS: Our most
popular product right now with our customers. One of the
biggest problems is the waste of components on a reel
that don't have a leader at the beginning of the SMD
reel. The Tape Extenders are used for the partial reels
that don't have a leader. The Tape Extender adds an
additional 500mm of tape as a leader. They feed into
your SMT feeder as a piece of covertape. The Tape
Extenders reduce the loss of components when you have no
leader tape to work with. When your order is for 200
boards from your contract manufacturer, you can provide
them with 200 components on each reel and ONLY 200. Our
customers tell us that it is not that the components are
so expensive, it's just that when the customer sends 200
components on a reel without a leader, the first few
components are wasted on the pick and place machine for
starting the feeder. With the Tape Extenders, you have
no waste. You can receive the partial reels with a Tape
Extender and feed the machine without any waste. The
Tape Splicer Kit comes with a box of assorted Tape
Extenders for 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 24m and 32-44mm Carrier
Tapes.
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Universal
Tape Splicer Steps
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Cut the ends of the
SMD Carrier Tapes in the center of the
Sprocket Drive Hole OR the Center of the
pocket on the Carrier Tapes. (Carrier Tape
alignment tool is also available for greater
accuracy in splicing with the Tape Splicer
Tool.
● Place the Brass shim in the Tape Splicer
Tool with the teeth on the brass splice shim
facing up.
● Place the Leader tape of the New Reel
onto the Tape Splicer in the center of the
splicing shim, then place the trailing end
of the carrier tape to be changed centered
on the splicing shim on the Tape Splicer
Tool.
● Rotate the Carrier Tape Hold down clamps
on the Tape Splicer to hold down the carrier
tape. (The Tape Splicer Hold down clamps
allows you to keep one hand free while
crimping with the Tape Splicer Tool).
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Crimp the Tape Splicer Tool. Release Tape
Splicer handle and the splice is made on the
bottom of the carrier Tape.
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Place SMD Tape Connector centered on
covertapes and the Splice is complete.
Remove the joined carrier tape from the Tape
Splice Tool and feed into the pick and place
machine without line shut down.
Using our splice tape for SMT, which
guarantee perfect and reliable joints in
punched carrier tapes without shutting off
to machine. |
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Give us a call at:
800.608.8273 OR
office@tapesplice.com
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