Used for high volume production in automated environments, this self-pierce rivet setting system offers a reliable, robust, and cost-effective method of automatically feeding fasteners. The tape feed system offers the fastest method of feeding rivets to a rivet setter: total cycle time of setting a rivet and feeding the next rivet into position can be as little as 1.2 seconds, compared with 3 to 4 seconds for conventional blow feed systems. These systems are ideal for body-in-white production including car body frames, pillars, doors and hoods, and for add-ons including sunroofs.