Prize draws feature at Apex

Universal Instruments is using the 2004 Apex exhibition to launch not only its newest products and services but also its corporate proposition.

Universal Instruments is using the 2004 Apex exhibition to launch not only its newest products and services but also its corporate proposition.

Under the banner "defining the future", the corporation is suggesting that visitors rethink their perceptions of Universal and see for themselves how the company has transformed to meet emerging market challenges.

On booth 355, Universal will be demonstrating its latest range of products including the low cost AdVantis platform for flexible medium volume manufacturing plus the flagship Genesis SMT placement platform for low to high volume and sophisticated NPI applications.

Genesis uses Universal's proprietary variable reluctance motor (VRM) linear drive technology that features fewer parts to improve reliability while delivering exceptional motion performance with accuracies of 4um at three-sigma.

Genesis offers a large board, common-platform solution and can share heads, feeders and cameras with AdVantis.

Both platforms feature fast changeover capability to maximise throughput.

In addition, Universal will unveil its astonishing new Lightning high-speed placement head.

Lightning features cutting-edge motion control, imaging and materials technologies deployed in a unique configuration of 30 modular, independently controlled spindles that enhance productivity, offering placement rates up to 54,000 components per hour on Genesis platforms and 30,000 components per hour on AdVantis systems.

In the turret-style high-speed category, Universal will introduce the 4797R HSP, delivering the optimal combination of flexibility, performance, and space-saving design.

By trimming the footprint and increasing the board size to 24 x 18in, the result is more flexibility in a smaller shop-floor space with throughput maintained at 48,000 components per hour.

Complementing its successful Polaris assembly cell, Universal is also showing the Polaris Jr, a single-process scalable platform that offers customers a low cost alternative for light mechanical and end-of-line assembly operations.

With the recent definition of Universal's Global Services' Bronze, Silver and Gold-level support packages, the Apex stand will feature a daily prize draw open to any customers enquiring about support initiatives.

The daily prizes are a productivity visit valued at $1200, a machine assessment service valued at $1500 or a session of level-one training at a UIC training centre valued at $1500.

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