Custom Carrier
Tape Manufacture
Automatic thermoforming machines to create custom embossed carrier tape for your non-standard shaped components. Fast turnaround times and never compromising on quality.
Custom Tape
Manufacture
EPS Global’s automatic thermoforming machines create custom embossed carrier tape for components that do not fit into standard tape pockets. It’s the ideal solution for electronic, mechanical and electromechanical devices that have odd shapes, angles or dimensions.
We use high-quality tooling to ensure your devices are contained securely in form-fitting pockets, protecting them from physical and electrostatic discharge damage during shipping and storage, and presented precisely to pick-and-place machines for automatic placement on the assembly line during the SMT process.
Our service is #any-shape-to-any-tape. We can take parts in packaged in tubes, on trays or in bulk in bags or boxes and our bowl feeding machines will queue the parts for automatic tape and reeling.
We have the capability to create tape for all standard SMD including transistors, diodes, MOSFETs and non-traditional component types including LEDs, connectors, resistors, inductors, metal heatsinks and power converters.
Frequently Asked Questions
When a component doesn’t fit any standard carrier tape because of its shape, size or handling needs, we design and manufacture bespoke carrier tape for it. Our in-house R&D team creates a custom pocket geometry matched to your part, so even unusual electronic, mechanical or electromechanical components can be reliably tape-and-reeled.
You need custom tape when your component’s dimensions, pocket depth, contact layout or orientation requirements aren’t met by an off-the-shelf pocket, for example odd-shaped connectors, lumpy I/O parts, or stamped metal and machined parts. If a part needs its contacts held in isolation, or needs a flat pickable surface created for the placement head, custom tooling is the route.
Our carrier tape ranges from 8mm up to 88mm wide. Pocket depth is mainly constrained by reel size – deeper pockets reduce how many parts fit on a 21-inch reel, but we regularly produce pockets up to around 20mm deep on 88mm tape for larger components. We can usually accommodate components from about 4mm upward.
Our in-house design/R&D function develops the pocket geometry from your component drawing or datasheet, accounting for special needs like isolating contacts. We 3D-print prototype pockets to physically fit-check your part before committing to production, so the final tape is verified to work as intended. We can also customize cavity dimensions, pocket spacing and sprocket-hole pitch.
Yes. A large part of our growth is taping parts that have no existing carrier tape: connectors, clasps, die-cast and stamped metal parts and more. We run a technical feasibility study, design the pocket, prototype it and verify fit. If a difficult part needs a flat pick surface, we can apply Kapton tape to the placement area so it can be machine-placed, then removed after placement.
EPS Global operates a network of around 22 service centers across 16 countries, deliberately located in areas of volume manufacturing close to our customers. This includes centers in the United States, Mexico (five sites, including Querétaro, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Monterrey), and Brazil (Americana, São Paulo and Manaus), Ireland, Romania, Czechia, among others across Europe and Asia. We provide a local delivery solution so parts reach your point-of-use on time.
Check out our video which shows our automatic taping & reeling, and the thermoforming of custom pockets during the custom tape manufacture process.
Work with EPS Global to tape & reel your devices and benefit from:
- Eliminating manual insertion, saving significant labor costs
- Reduced production time and cost on your assembly line
- Increased resilience and consistency in your supply chain with a local partner
- Avoiding inflated freight costs as we can use expedited ground shipping in the majority of cases because located close to you!
We provide fast turnaround times and never compromise on quality.
We are ready to quote you on your next project. Specify your cavity width (A0), length (B0), depth (K0), along with the desired carrier tape width (W) and the pitch (P1) between the cavity centers or simply send a drawing and we will get back to you immediately.
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From personal experience – these guys do a great job! I emailed them for help on a project this morning and had a fifteen minute answer.
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