Replace ** with the applicable number of positions / circuits.
JST does not offer the SMT top-entry XA headers with Kapton tape for straight pick-and-place equipment vacuum nozzles. JST suggests the PCB assembler to use a vacuum nozzle with a tip bent at 90° to pick the part out of the tape cavity by one of the side walls of this header.
Alternatively, if possible, mechanical pincers may also be used to extract the header from the tape cavity for placement onto the surface mount pads of the PCB.
