Top speed placement set for Nuremberg launch

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 26, 2007

The Genesis GC-120Q is billed as the world's fastest quad-beam machine at 120,000 components per hour.

SMT Nuremberg, Germany (24th to 26th April 2007) will mark the European debut of Universal Instruments' new award-winning Genesis GC-120Q, the world's fastest quad-beam machine at 120,000 components per hour.

Universal will demonstrate dynamic solutions to current assembly challenges, including placing 01005s for handheld and wearable electronics.

Four pick-and-place machines, including Universal's latest Genesis GC-120Q Platform, will highlight the flexible performance and low cost-of-ownership of the Genesis and AdVantis platform placement machines on Stand 7-338.

Universal's new flagship Genesis GC-120Q enters the market as the fastest quad-gantry machine in the industry with placement speeds of up to 120,000 components per hour.

Flexibility, speed and lowest cost-of-ownership are achieved with four patented Lightning Heads, each featuring a radial array of 30 modular, individually controlled spindles.

The unique rotary motor drive is based on Universal's patented VRM (variable reluctance linear motor) technology and features fewer parts, improved reliability and delivers exceptional motion performance.

Dual on-the-head optics allow an unsurpassed range of components from 01005 to 30 x 30mm, CSP, WSP, uBGA and Melfs at full speed and support component pre-orientation as well as on-the-head rejection for small parts to further enhance throughput and productivity.

Next to the GC-120Q, the flexible multifunction Genesis GX-11S will show its capability of taking on any duty from 0201 placement to connectors as large as 150mm with a placement force of up to 5kg.

Both these recently introduced platform configurations have greatly improved the range of capabilities of the Genesis portfolio, now able to excel in production environments ranging from NPI to high-volume consumer.

For attractively priced high-performance, turnkey configurations for high-mix environments, two AdVantis platform models will also be on show: the latest AdVantis AC30L with Lightning Head, which has undergone recent throughput improvements (now up to 33,600 components per hour) and the multifunction dual-head AdVantis AX-72 machine (now up to 18,900 components per hour).

Universal's technical and market specialists will explain how the affordable AdVantis platform combines best-in-class speed and accuracy, low cost-per-placement, and fast and easy changeover with valuable NPI tools.

In addition to the class-leading outright speed and low cost-of-ownership of both the Genesis and AdVantis platforms, the flexibility afforded by the patented Lightning Head's 01005 to 30mm square component range is what establishes Universal's platforms as industry benchmarks.

It allows the introduction of new products without head or module swapping, providing a significant advantage as product mixes increase.

The Universal Instruments stand at SMT Nuremberg will also highlight additional design aspects that help to maintain the highest possible throughput and utilisation in practical manufacturing situations.