3d printed 8mm paper tape hold down tray

[Spikee]

Some people use double sided tape to hold their components down.

I first made an tray for 8mm tapes which works ok. But when the tape is not perfectly flat the components jump out.
Old design:

So... I made a new design:

Version 1:


Version 2: (made the top part a bit thicker to combat the warping on top)


200 mm long


This works great, there is no sideways or up/down play. paper tape fits snugly.
Holes are still clearly visable and the blue provides great contrast for the hole detection.

I plan to have reels on a bar And just slip the tape in these holders.
When lets say 50 parts are gone i can just slide the tape forward, cut off the empty parts and keep on going.

Files:
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/8mm-s ... wn-no-play
solidworks source included.

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Certain paper tapes are a bit thicker and need some persuasion to move. Just stick a screwdriver in there and pull. Or edit the solidworks file and change the 1mm size to 0.6 / 0.75

[JuKu]

VERY Nice! Congratulations and big thank you! Are you going to design a printable reel holder, too?

[Spikee]

I have already done that (see my youmagine somewhere). I might mod it through so I can attach it to the liteplacer profile.

[Spikee]

For this long of a holder you need to be a bit more persuasive at the end but.. it is doable

[Spikee]

I need to remove a little bit from one side to make the holes better visible.


Due to the noise it can "make" a full circle of it:

[Spikee]

new version with better hole visability:

[Spikee]

Here are the new files:
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/8mm-s ... ot-covered

Holes fully visible , 0.3mm instead of 1mm "narrowing".
Tape still sits fine in it. It is easier to slide the tape in the holder than the previous design.

[mrandt]

Nice. From what material did you print? And how much play does the tape have?

I tried something similar but the tapes were always too loose. So I went for a different approach to hold them in place.

Check it out here:
http://liteplacer.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=153

[Spikee]

PLA material, there is no "feelable" play sideways or up/down. This is really simple and works great!

[mrandt]

PLA material, there is no "feelable" play sideways or up/down. This is really simple and works great!

Cool. I can't claim "simple" for my approach, but it has additional benefits