SMT Nuremberg marked the European launch of Universal Instruments’ new award-winning Genesis GC-120Q, claimed to be the world’s fastest quad-beam machine at 120 000 cph. Universal demonstrated dynamic solutions to current assembly challenges, including placing 01005’s for handheld and wearable electronics.
Four pick-and-place machines, including its latest GC-120Q platform, highlighted the flexible performance and low cost-of-ownership of its platform placement machines.
Said to be the fastest quad-gantry machine in the industry, flexibility and speed 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 VRM (variable reluctance linear motor) technology and features fewer parts, improved reliability and delivers superior motion performance. Dual on-the-head optics allow a large range of components from 01005 to 30 x 30 mm, 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 company's flexible multifunction Genesis GX-11S showed its capability of taking on any duty from 0201 placement to connectors as large as 150 mm with a placement force of up to 5 kg.
Both of these recently-introduced platform configurations have greatly improved the range of capabilities of the Genesis portfolio, now able to perform well 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 were also shown: the latest AdVantis AC30L with Lightning Head, which has undergone recent throughput improvements (now up to 33 600cph) and the multifunction dual-head machine AdVantis AX-72 (now up to 18 900 cph).
The flexibility afforded by Universal's patented Lightning Head's 01005 to 30 mm square component range is what establishes the company'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.
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