Patent ID: 6863753

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing flat cable in which plural conductive wires arranged on the same plane are put between a first insulating tape on which first peeling sheets are stuck at predetermined intervals and a second insulating tape on which second peeling sheets are stuck at predetermined intervals to stick the first insulating tape, the conductive wires and the second insulating tape in order recited, the apparatus comprising: first tension applying means and second tension applying means for respectively applying predetermined tensions to the first insulating tape and the second insulating tape; detecting means for allowing the conductive wires to be put between the first insulating tape and the second insulating tape thereafter to detect passing of the first peeling sheet and the second peeling sheet; and control means for calculating sticking errors of the first peeling sheets and the second peeling sheets on the basis of detection results that the detecting means have detected, and for controlling the first tension applying means and second tension applying means on the basis of these sticking errors, wherein the control means controls the first tension applying means and the second tension applying means to thereby respectively adjust tensions of the first insulating tape and the second insulating tape.