Continuous printing and mounting apparatus for film-like printing body

A continuous printing and mounting apparatus for a film-like printing body, comprising:

• a plurality of operating units sequentially arranged along a direction of motion of said film-like printing body, said operating units including:
• a supply unit containing a supply of the film-like printing body;
• a printing unit for applying printing to the film-like printing body;
• a part mounting unit for mounting parts on the printed film-like printing body;
• and
• a heating unit for heating the film-like printing body after the mounting of parts thereon by said part mounting unit, said continuous printing and mounting apparatus further comprising:
• a take-up unit for taking up the film-like printing body after the mounting of parts thereon and after the heating of the film-like printing body;
• a plurality of first tension apparatuses for applying a tension to said film-like printing body during a processing thereof, said first tension apparatuses being capable of automatically feeding out the processed film-like printing body by a predetermined stroke, each of said first tension apparatuses being arranged between a respective two of said operating units, said first tension apparatuses each including clamping elements for clamping said film-like printing body and further including means operatively connected to said clamping elements for translating said clamping elements along a direction of motion of said film-like printing body for feeding out the processed film-like printing body;
• and
• a second tension apparatus for applying a tension to said film-like printing body during a processing of the film-like printing body by the heating unit and for automatically feeding out the film-like printing body by a predetermined stroke after the processing of said film-like printing body by said heating unit, said second tension apparatus being arranged between the heating unit and the take-up unit.