An applicator ram includes a ram body configured to hold crimp tooling, and a ram adaptor coupled to the ram body. In a spin coater, a coating solution containing a thin film component which is supplied from a solution storage section is spin-coated onto a substrate. In this regard, the storage tape includes a primary tape portion extending from the hub to a first end and a transition tape coupled to the first end of the primary tape portion and extending to a leading end, wherein the transition tape is thicker than the primary tape portion. Advantageously, the three-way mirroring of the data, provides very high reliability.