Universal to Collect Industry Honor at APEX 2007
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Universal Instruments has confirmed that its Genesis GC-120Q platform has been chosen as the recipient of a prestigious SMT Vision Award. Leading the competitive Pick-and-Place category, Universal will collect the award on February 19th during a ceremony being held at this year's APEX exhibition.
Now in its fifteenth year, the annual awards ceremony is designed to honor new technologies pioneering excellence and innovation in today's global electronics industry. Judged by a distinguished panel of independent industry experts, Universal's GC-120Q platform was successfully evaluated against key performance benchmarks, including cost-effectiveness, speed/throughput improvement, quality and maintainability.
The forthcoming SMT Vision Award presentation acknowledges the GC-120Q's status as the industry's fastest quad-gantry placement machine. With superior cost-per-placement and throughput-per-square meter metrics, the platform is ideal for the high-volume, high-mix market. Taking advantage of the industry's fastest head tact time (55ms) and a configuration that includes four Lightning heads, the GC-120Q is the workhorse of the Genesis range.
Built for speed, the quad-gantry GC-120Q's positioning system, feeder and software technologies combine to generate an unbeatable maximum throughput of 120,000 components per hour with the flexibility to place 01005 through 30mm square components. The platform also features a variety of patented tools and automated features engineered for precision placement, low maintenance, minimal downtime and low cost-of-ownership.
Universal Instruments drives the advancement of the global electronics assembly industry by supplying first-class equipment and process expertise. Universal's binding quality policy and culture of high integrity and ambition provides a strong foundation for long-lasting productivity and profitability.
Universal contact
Jeffrey Zopff
Universal Instruments Corporation
PO Box 825
Binghamton, NY 13902-0825
USA
Tel: +1 607 779 5364
Email: zopff@uic.com
www.uic.com
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