Carrier Tapes

We supply leading brand embossed carrier tapes and custom carrier tapes using our Reflex™ On Demand Tape forming system, produced by Adaptsys in the UK. If you need a carrier tape to allow parts to be placed and sealed to go onto a pick and place system, then we have options for you.

Carrier Tape Search

Electronics Packing

Electronics Packing

Carrier tapes are held in stock which can greatly help you to reduce the time it takes to get parts into tape for your electronic assembly or sub contract demands.

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With our strategic partnerships, we can procure and supply to you different types of carrier tapes used to package devices such as semiconductors, passives, mechanical or custom parts. This is useful if you are looking for low volumes or carrier tape so that you do not have to deal with high minimum order quantities, shipping delays and the costs that are associated with importing from suppliers that maybe based in the USA or Asia.

All carrier tapes are provided by tape manufacturers according to EIA-481 or IEC 60286 standard for the packaging of components for automatic handing.

Standard embossed carrier tape widths include: 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 24mm, 32mm, 44mm, 56mm up to 200mm.
Tape materials include: Clear and Black Polycarbonate (PC), Black Polystyrene (PS), 3 Layer (PS, ABS, PS).
ESD Characteristic types include: Conductive, Non Conductive or Static Dissipative.

Due to the many thousands of different sizes and types of parts that can be packaged in embossed carrier tapes, we would advise you to contact us directly with your exact requirements so that we can search and provide details of suitable tapes for your application.

Please contact us for more information.

Mechanical Packing

Applications Include

  • LED Lenses
  • Miniature PCB
  • Metal Springs
  • Electrical Connectors
  • Metal Stamped Parts
  • Ground Pins
  • Standoffs
  • And much more

Mechanical Packing

Traditionally, when we think about carrier tapes, we might think about reels of semiconductor components placed into tapes so that they can be picked and placed by automated systems. There are however, more applications that carrier tape can be used on.

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Adaptsys has seen a steady increase in the number of non-semiconductor parts that manufacturers need be placed into carrier tape to allow automation of part handling by their customers.

We design the carrier tapes in house, manufacture the tooling and produce these custom tapes on our own proprietary embossing machines here in the UK, allowing us to provide a full design and build service. By offering European based design and manufacturing Adaptsys is able to provide a fast turnaround along with a close consultancy on the required pocket.

In addition we produce to a high quality following EIA481 and IEC60286 guidelines, inspecting each pocket as it’s produced with traceability of both raw materials all the way through the manufacturing process and onto the customer.

Tri-layer and single layer tapes are available, we generally recommend the tri-layer material, due to it’s higher strength and lower cost, unless customers have a specific need for the single PS or PC material. As volumes are manufactured to customer demand, we can provide small batch sample tapes quickly or provide large or small a volume batches as required.

Our design path is quite simple, we obtain 2D or 3D drawings of the part that needs to be placed into tape, so that we can design a custom pocket and understand the overall dimensions used to provide a quote, such as the pocket pitch and tape width. An initial 3D model of a tape is provided for approval and any design changes are then made.

Once customer approval is granted, we produce the relevant 3D models for our tooling and have them manufactured to our specifications.

All tooling that has been manufactured undergoes post manufacturing analysis to ensure it conforms to our specification, before we install into our carrier tape forming machines.

The unique advantage for us is that our patented tape forming systems, uses sprocket hole guidance to ensure forming accuracies that exceed those specified by EIA481 and IEC60286, whilst a post forming vision inspection system, checks every formed pocket for on the fly quality assurance.

Custom Carrier Tape

Custom Carrier Tape

Embossed Carrier Tape from Adaptsys provides a secure and dependable packaging for a variety of diverse parts, components or semiconductor devices. With an infinite number of pocket variations at our disposal, we can cater to your specific needs.

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Most importantly Adaptsys carrier tape is produced using premium material within strict production guidelines that ensure a strong and consistent form on every pocket created.
By utilising a strong 3-layer material made up from Polystyrene, Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene and Polystyrene provides a material which is pliable under heat, strong when formed and also provides excellent dissipative properties.
As well as increased strength PS-ABS-PS also provides dimensional stability over conventional single layer polystyrene types.

To form this material Adaptsys have developed a forming system that reduces manufacturing costs whilst still providing a consistent form each and every time.

Vision inspection is performed on each pocket for validation and quality tracking; this confirms the form is correct; the tape is then wound on to the relevant reel and marked up ready for dispatch.

Our Reflex tape is manufactured in the UK using our Re-flex On-Demand Carrier Tape Forming systems, which provide the highest quality tape required by the industry, at a very competitive price.
Custom tooling, for custom pocket designs, are also available with significantly lower costs and faster delivery than competitive brands.

Please contact us for more information.