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News Release from: Contax | Subject: Speedline MPM Accela
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 March 2005
Printer claims new performance paradigm
Contax reckons that Speedline's new MPM Accela printer will create a new paradigm in the way electronics manufacturers view and measure printer performance.
Contax reckons that Speedline's new MPM Accela printer will create a new paradigm in the way electronics manufacturers view and measure printer performance With a completely new, robust design and operator interface, this innovative printer is unlike anything else in the industry
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The Accela includes dramatic innovations in parallel processing technology that will render traditional cycle time claims obsolete".
"It will shift the focus, once and for all, to the measurement that customers are really interested in - throughput".
"Our customers will be able to concentrate on the quality, number, and cost of good boards produced per hour", said Jan O'Connor, Managing Director, Contax.
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The new system produces the most boards per hour of any industry printer - delivering raw throughput gains of 20 to 30% over the closest competitor.
"With shrinking profit margins and extreme competition, OEM and CEM manufacturers are demanding equipment that maximises uptime and yields, generates more quality boards per hour, and increases the return on their capital investment", said O'Connor.
"Measuring printer performance in terms of cycle time is meaningless for the telecom, CEM/EMS, and automotive electronics producers who require ultra-high throughput with high yield performance".
"Additionally, our customers require the highest accuracy and repeatability for the increasingly complex boards used throughout the industry".
Already awarded two new US patents, with nine additional innovations patent-pending, the technological advancements incorporated in the Accela printer address the high performance and challenging applications facing manufacturers building the highest volume and most complex printed circuit boards.
The development of this printer resulted from extensive customer input indicating that cost per board, not cycle time, was their most important production measurement.
"Through years of working with customers on various printing applications, we have designed and developed a printer that optimises production around this critical customer need", said Mike Rapson, Director, PCB Division, Contax.
The new Accela platform dramatically reduces setup, changeover and consumable downtime (20 minutes to 5 minutes), and features tool-free hardware interfaces.
It delivers the highest level of equipment robustness, ease of operator use, and a module level design with CanOpen controls.
The printer features easy service, support, and upgrade capability with the lowest maintenance costs.
It provides a stable, solid platform that can handle the most challenging applications with unprecedented reliability.
And it increases the application range including higher density, more complex boards as well as lead-free manufacturing requirements.
Rapson reckons the Accela printer's test results demonstrated superior inspection capabilities, both in terms of speed and accuracy, greater yield potential due to tighter repeatability and accuracy specifications and a highly flexible platform for fast changeovers.
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