Flexible Automation Systems Shipments up across Europe, North America & Asia as AEi Books Record Orders for Q1 2008
April 17, 2008 11:50
Flexible Automation Systems for Product Development & Fast Volume Production Ramp Up Key to Meeting Rapid Market Changes
WILMINGTON, Mass- Automation Engineering Incorporated (AEi), a global supplier of high-precision flexible automation systems, reported record orders for the first quarter of 2008. According to AEi, North American firms were a growing part of the increased orders. AEi's customizable flexible automation platforms (including Camera Module Align, Assembly and Test (CMAT), Photonics Module Align, Assembly and Test (PMAT) and a vision guided laser processing platform (FlexLase)) facilitate rapid product and process development for photonics, optoelectronics, camera modules and laser processing in automotive, cellular phone, mobile device and industrial applications, then ramp up to volume production using highly configurable flexible automation features and architectures. Characterized by rapidly shifting market demands, these applications demand these highly configurable flexible automation features and architecture to quickly introduce new products.
According to AEi's Chief Technology Officer Andre By, "Many North American companies are discovering the value of flexible automation in developing their new products and processes for photonics, optoelectronics, camera module alignment and laser processing here in the US and then moving to volume production quickly. Traditionally, launching a new high tech product meant the manufacturer would develop the product and manufacturing process refinement manually or with semi-automated platforms to save on initial equipment costs. Then they would begin a lengthy and costly process to migrate manufacturing processes to mass production operations on different equipment across manufacturing plants in its global supply chain."
"Streamlining this process frees-up costly human resources and calendar time by eliminating the additional efforts needed to re-refine and re-validate the manufacturing processes again on different manufacturing equipment. While deploying our flexible automation platforms for both product development and mass production operations is initially more costly than fixed automation, this equipment can quickly adapt to produce new or modified product designs over time which increases the potential profit margins for new products as it greatly shortens the time-to-market for their launch." concluded By.
AEi's flexible automation systems use modular interchangeable tooling and subsystems to support multiple manufacturing operations on the same platform; machine vision and other highly capable and flexible active sensing and instrumentation technologies; and highly capable automation control software that can be reconfigured without requiring traditional programming.
About Automation Engineering Incorporated
Automation Engineering Incorporated (AEi) is a leading supplier of high-precision flexible automation systems across the optoelectronics, medical devices, consumer products, aerospace/defense, and other world-wide markets. AEi provides comprehensive design for manufacturing process development, and pre-production build services in addition to complete turn-key automated manufacturing stations and lines. For more information, visit AEi's website, www.aeiboston.com.
Release Summary:
Orders up for customizable flexible automation platforms that facilitate rapid product and process development for photonics, optoelectronics, camera modules and laser processing in automotive, cellular phone, mobile device and industrial applications.
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Source: Automation Engineering Incorporated
