Marian And Accuplace Partner To Solve The Problem Of Precision ParatPlacement Of Converted Materials
April 7, 2006 - Indianapolis, IN - Accuplace has come to an agreement with Marian, Inc. to market Accuplace's Precision Part Placement machines worldwide. Marian has been a leader for over 50 years in precision parts fabrication, primarily those made from flexible materials and selectively laminated adhesives. Accuplace was established in 1997 to serve the market with assembly machinery for self-adhesive components.
Bill Witchger, President and CEO of Marian, Inc. stated, "It is an important step in our overall marketing strategy to OEM's to not only provide them with the best custom fabricated solution for their application during the design phase, but to extend that solution with an option for automated, precision placement of that part." Bill went on to say, "We've seen our customers' custom fabricated parts get smaller and smaller over the years. Designing these parts is one thing, but considering how to place them sometimes becomes an even larger challenge. This is where we see our partnership with Accuplace as a natural fit in offering our customers a complete solution."
Gene Witchger, VP of Operations at Marian, Inc. explained, "All too often we see companies design a part with the functional solution for a few prototypes in mind. Producing five to ten products manually is a far cry from assembling thousands. Marian, Inc. now offers these designing companies, either with captive or contract manufacturing, some possible solutions for the precision placement of the parts. This subsequently improves their products' overall quality and reduces costs."
Accuplace, Inc. has a variety of precision placement systems ranging from semi-automatic machines, which are manually fed, to fully automatic robotic pick and place systems. With over 3,000 applications worldwide, one key advantage of an Accuplace system is their experience with pressure sensitive adhesive laminated parts. Accuplace machines can place double-sided adhesive and non-adhesive parts as well. These standardized machines offer established operational criteria, predictable quality and, perhaps of greatest benefit, quantified process costs. They are also refined and enhanced through years of development; and their reusability factor exceeds 95%. Prototyping runs and capability studies can be performed prior to production runs, exposing any design concerns early. Off-the-shelf and quickly reconfigurable equipment are distinct advantages where product life cycles are short and time-to-market is critical.
Mike Terry, Global Sales Manager at Accuplace, explains, "Precision die cutting has become quite a challenge with the variety of flexible materials and adhesives available today. We selected Marian, Inc. as a VAR (Value Added Reseller) based on their ability to not only consistently produce a tight tolerance rotary die cut part, but also to maintain consistent pitch between parts and from the liner edge to the part. These are key factors to assuring the customer yields the highest productivity using Accuplace machines."
Marian and Accuplace look forward to continuing to serve their markets on a global basis with technical support for all phases of the design cycle through volume production. "It's a natural evolution for us and our customers" said Bill Witchger. "We're excited to be able to offer this option along with our main product line. The future for small precision die cut parts just got brighter!"
Marian, Inc. (www.marianinc.com), based in Indianapolis, IN, is a worldwide leader in the field of converted parts manufacturing. Marian has five locations in North America and two in Asia. Accuplace, Inc. (www.accuplace.com) is based in Plantation, FL where they design and manufacture their world-class parts placement machines.
