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News Release from: Universal Instruments | Subject: Quadris-S
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 November 2005
Four-gantry machine boosts placement
performance
The Quadris-S four-gantry placement machine uses advanced motion controls to achieve the highest throughput-per-machine-footprint in its class and boasts the widest part range without changing heads.
The arrival of the new Universal Instruments Quadris-S four-gantry placement machine, with turret technology built-in, leverages advanced motion controls to achieve the highest throughput-per-machine-footprint in its class and the widest part range for high-speed gantry style machines without changing heads In addition, Quadris-S delivers this flexibility and concentrated throughput with 100ppm final placement performance, combining speed and versatility with high utilisation and repeatability
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Quadris-S combines 80,000 components per hour placement performance, 0201 to 44 x 44mm component range, support for tape and tray feeders including dual-track feeders, and productivity optimisers including automatic board centreing between feeder banks, on-the-fly gang recognition, and bank feeder change.
In addition to high-speed placement of SMDs as small as 0201, Quadris-S fine pitch capabilities support BGA or leaded packages of 0.5mm pitch, with ball diameters down to 0.3mm or leads of width 0.18mm.
"The Quadris concept concentrates turret-style and gantry placement capabilities into a far smaller footprint than discrete inline machines capable of comparable throughput", said, Prashant Vithlani, Product Manager, Universal Instruments.
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"Quadris-S now extends this performance-per-square-metre advantage by boosting throughput and supporting an even wider range of component sizes".
"This also simplifies scheduling of assemblies, and enhances line balancing and utilisation because fewer large components must be placed further down the line".
Innovative technologies including direct drive, linear motion, linear sensor, and gang recognition have been packed into Quadris-S to enhance accuracy, repeatability, and placement time per component, delivering a concentrated throughput solution combining the advantages of gantry and turret machine technologies.
Advanced motion and positioning enable versatile, high-precision component placement capabilities at high-speed.
Quadris-S also introduces new quality and productivity enhancement options including bad board reject, extended BGA/CSP options, and optional 610 x 460mm large board handling.
Other options include component library data teach, pattern program data teach, automatic component validation (ACV), and an offline feeder setup station.
Quadris-S also comes with UCT-53 offline programming software, and runs on the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.
High-speed linear motors with 0.0048um resolution ensure fast, accurate x-y motion.
Inter-axis correction control for the y-axis, combined with twin drives, ensure accuracy and repeatability.
Each gantry has a compact, direct drive 12-spindle head featuring low weight and inertia, high resolution, high speed, and high reliability.
This technology yields a theta resolution of 0.0027 and a z-height resolution of 1um.
On-the-head linear CCD sensors provide automatic placement height optimisation to maximise throughput and yield.
The sensing system is capable of detecting missing and vertical components, and measuring component thickness, which is used to automatically adjust the height control.
nonstop on-the-fly gang recognition of up to 12 components at high speed ensures continuous high throughput and enables synchronous control of all four x-y gantries.
In addition, the unique Productivity Shift board transfer system included with Quadris-S centres the PCB between feeder banks for optimal balancing across the beams.
Bank feeder change and splicing capabilities facilitate rapid replenishment and product changeovers.
The enhanced Quadris-S specification has been achieved within the same, compact footprint as the original Quadris - 2664 x 2578mm - offering a high throughput solution that can be integrated quickly and easily into any production environment.
The extensive features incorporated into Quadris-S deliver flexibility, high utilisation and high productivity.
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