The present invention provides a tape guide for guiding a component tape from a tape reel to a picking position of a component mounting machine. The tape guide comprises a support structure arranged for guiding the component tape from an upstream end portion of the tape guide to a downstream end portion of the tape guide. The tape guide further comprised a hook portion arranged at the downstream end portion and configured to grip a flange of said tape reel when the tape guide and tape reel are removed from said component mounting machine. The present invention further provides a unit comprising a tape guide, a tape reel and component tape as well as component mounting machine.

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a handheld power-dispensing tape dispenser having a center of gravity forward of a user's hand. In an illustrative example, a tape dispenser may, for example, include a housing having a handle configured to be held by a human hand. A first roller body may, for example, be rotatably coupled to the housing to rotate about a first axis. A motor may, for example, be disposed in the first roller body. An actuator may, for example, be configured such that, in response to operation of the actuator by a user, the motor induces rotation of the first roller body about the first axis. A second roller body may, for example, be rotatably coupled to the housing and configured to rotate about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis. Various implementations may advantageously increase stability and/or reduce operator fatigue during taping operations.

The present disclosure provides a tape unwinding device with a self-locking function. When a tape is unwound by the device, a swing arm swings under the action of a tension of the tape until an insert is separated from a shifting card, and then, the tape starts to be unwound, which is beneficial to the reduction of a rotational acceleration during unwinding and the improvement of unwinding stability. When the tape is not acted by an external force due to unwinding ending of the tape, the swing arm swings until the insert is inserted into a limiting slot of the shifting card, and pushes the end of the shifting card to be inserted into a toothed groove, so that the disk gear is stuck by the shifting card, then, a tape roll cannot rotate to be further unwound, and tape loosening caused by self-rotation of the tape roll is avoided.

A binding tape (10) includes an intermediate layer (11), and a first surface layer (16) covering one surface of the intermediate layer (11). The intermediate layer (11) has a plurality of first linear members (12) arranged side by side at an angle with respect to a longitudinal direction (D1) of the binding tape (10).

The present disclosure provides a tape unwinding device with a self-locking function. When a tape is unwound by the device, a swing arm swings under the action of a tension of the tape until an insert is separated from a shifting card, and then, the tape starts to be unwound, which is beneficial to the reduction of a rotational acceleration during unwinding and the improvement of unwinding stability. When the tape is not acted by an external force due to unwinding ending of the tape, the swing arm swings until the insert is inserted into a limiting slot of the shifting card, and pushes the end of the shifting card to be inserted into a toothed groove, so that the disk gear is stuck by the shifting card, then, a tape roll cannot rotate to be further unwound, and tape loosening caused by self-rotation of the tape roll is avoided.

A method for producing a tape-wound toroidal core includes: providing a soft-magnetic tape on two tape reels, unwinding the tape and winding the tape onto two winding mandrels to form a multilayer first tape roll, wherein, after in each case several layers, a separating plate is inserted into the first tape rolls that have formed, reducing the distance between the winding mandrels until the first tape rolls touch each other, unwinding the tape and winding up the tape to form a multilayer second tape roll, which wraps around the first tape rolls, by rotating the winding mandrels about a common second rotation axis, severing the tape rolls in steps to form a plurality of tape sections, picking up at least one reel and placing the reel onto the tape sections, reshaping free ends of the tape sections and connecting the ends of the tape sections to form a closed ring.

Tape cassette (22) of the present disclosure configured to house roll body (RT) of a carrier tape includes housing (41) and shutter (42). Housing (41) includes housing space (41S) for housing roll body (RT) and front opening (41K) through which roll body (RT) is allowed to be taken in and out in a front part of housing (41). Shutter (42) can be displaced between a closing position at which movement of roll body (RT) to an outside of housing (41) through front opening (41K) is restricted by blocking at least a part of front opening (41K) and an open position at which the movement of roll body (RT) to the outside of housing (41) through front opening (41K) is allowed. Housing (41) is equipped on a component mounting device with front opening (41K) facing the component mounting device, and supplies roll body (RT) to the component mounting device with shutter (42) positioned at the open position.

A tape winding body on which a binding tape is wound, the tape winding body to be loaded on a binding machine for binding a to-be-bound object using the binding tape, includes a tape member formed to have a hollow cylindrical shape whose center is a central axis and having an inner wall surface, an outer peripheral surface and one end face connecting the inner wall surface and the outer peripheral surface and facing toward a direction of the central axis, and a flexible protrusion protruding from the inner wall surface toward the central axis by 1 mm or greater.

A tape adhering apparatus is provided for attaching an anisotropic conductive tape to a workpiece with uniform length. In the tape adhering apparatus (1), a a conveying unit (30) intermittently performs an operation of conveying a tape member (T) by a length obtained by adding a gap length (L2) to a predetermined length (L1), and a cutting unit (10) includes a blade holding unit (12) that holds a downstream cutting blade (13) and an upstream cutting blade (14) in a state where the length from the downstream cutting blade (13) to the upstream cutting blade (14) is the predetermined length (L1), and advances toward an anisotropic conductive tape (t1) to cut the anisotropic conductive tape (t1) into the predetermined length (L1) when the conveying unit (30) stops the operation of conveying the tape member (T).