A method of making a component includes applying a clamping force to the component, the component coupled to a carrier strip of a panel via a polymeric tab and separating a portion of the polymeric tab from a substrate of the component, thereby causing the component to be detached from the panel.

Disclosed is a taping apparatus including: a tray storage device supplying a designated one of plural kinds of trays on which respective different kinds of parts are scattered; a carrier tape feed device intermittently moving a designated one of plural kinds of carrier tapes which correspond to the respective different kinds of parts; a first camera capturing an image of the scattered parts on the designated tray; a first image recognizing device recognizing respective centers of the scattered parts; a rotary head individually sucking the scattered parts to rotatable suction nozzles; a second camera capturing an image of the parts sucked to the suction nozzles; a second image recognizing device recognizing respective orientations of the sucked parts; and a part inserting device adjusting the orientations of the sucked parts to orientations insertable into part storage recesses defined in the designated carrier tape and then inserting the parts into the part storage recesses, respectively.

Disclosed is a taping apparatus including: a tray storage device supplying a designated one of plural kinds of trays on which respective different kinds of parts are scattered; a carrier tape feed device intermittently moving a designated one of plural kinds of carrier tapes which correspond to the respective different kinds of parts; a first camera capturing an image of the scattered parts on the designated tray; a first image recognizing device recognizing respective centers of the scattered parts; a rotary head individually sucking the scattered parts to rotatable suction nozzles; a second camera capturing an image of the parts sucked to the suction nozzles; a second image recognizing device recognizing respective orientations of the sucked parts; and a part inserting device adjusting the orientations of the sucked parts to orientations insertable into part storage recesses defined in the designated carrier tape and then inserting the parts into the part storage recesses, respectively.

An electronic component conveying tape includes an elongated carrier tape including recessed storage portions at regular intervals in a length direction, and each storing an electronic component, and an elongated cover tape attached to one surface in a thickness direction of the carrier tape to cover openings of the storage portions. The carrier tape is made of paper, and fibers included in the carrier tape are sloped toward the thickness direction relative to the length direction.

An electronic component conveying tape includes an elongated carrier tape including recessed storage portions at regular intervals in a length direction, and each storing an electronic component, and an elongated cover tape attached to one surface in a thickness direction of the carrier tape to cover openings of the storage portions. The carrier tape is made of paper, and fibers included in the carrier tape are sloped toward the thickness direction relative to the length direction.

A surgical-implement count and capture system including a carrier tape having a plurality of spaced-apart receiving areas disposed longitudinally along the carrier tape. Each of the plurality of spaced-apart receiving areas being configured to receive a surgical-implement. The carrier tape is configured to follow a first pathway. A deposit station is located along the first pathway and is adapted to accommodate deposition of a plurality of the surgical-implements respectively into successive ones of the spaced-apart receiving areas when resident at the deposit station. A counting station is located along the first pathway downstream of the deposit station. The counting station includes a sensor adapted to detect the plurality of the surgical-implements in the respective receiving areas.

An encapsulated electrotextile includes at least one electrotextile strip and at least one elongated wire. The at least one electrotextile strip and the at least one elongated wire are laminated between two encapsulation films.

An electronic component series includes a base tape mainly composed of paper and having a multiplicity of accommodation recesses formed continuously at predetermined intervals for accommodating electronic components each having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an L dimension of less than or equal to 0.6 mm, a W dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm, and a T dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm; the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation recesses; and a cover tape continuously adhered to a surface of the base tape to cover the accommodation recesses. The electronic components are lifted from the accommodation recesses by peeling off the cover tape. Each of the accommodation recesses has a bottom surface inclined in a range of from 10° to 20° with respect to the surface of the base tape to be deeper toward a downstream in a conveyance direction.

An electronic component series includes a base tape mainly composed of paper and having a multiplicity of accommodation recesses formed continuously at predetermined intervals for accommodating electronic components each having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an L dimension of less than or equal to 0.6 mm, a W dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm, and a T dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm; the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation recesses; and a cover tape continuously adhered to a surface of the base tape to cover the accommodation recesses. The electronic components are lifted from the accommodation recesses by peeling off the cover tape. Each of the accommodation recesses has a bottom surface inclined in a range of from 10° to 20° with respect to the surface of the base tape to be deeper toward a downstream in a conveyance direction.

An electronic component series includes a base tape mainly composed of paper and having a multiplicity of accommodation recesses formed continuously at predetermined intervals for accommodating electronic components each having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an L dimension of less than or equal to 0.6 mm, a W dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm, and a T dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm; the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation recesses; and a cover tape continuously adhered to a surface of the base tape to cover the accommodation recesses. The electronic components are lifted from the accommodation recesses by peeling off the cover tape. Each of the accommodation recesses has a bottom surface inclined in a range of more than 10° to 20° with respect to the surface of the base tape to be deeper toward a downstream in a conveyance direction.