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Universal Instruments
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
SMT Magazine heads to Binghamton, N.Y. to visit capital equipment manufacturer Universal Instruments to see its new expanded Genesis pick-and-place platform. If you would like Route SMT to stop at your facility, e-mail smt@pennwell.com. We’ll put you on our route.
Universal Instruments-(l-r) Shawn Robinson, Jeff Zopff, Michelle Boisvert, Gail Flower, Meredith Courtemance, Karen Watkins, and Brad Bennett begin the tour. Universal’s product portfolio includes single-, dual-, and quad-beam placement systems on their flagship Genesis platform.
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A close-up of one of the 30 spindles found in Universal’s Lightning Head. Each spindle maintains its own data, while controlling its own vacuum generation, theta control, and touch-down sensing.
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Shawn Robinson, business development manager, explains to Gail Flower that the Q-Series Genesis can place components ranging from 01005s to 30 x 30 mm; it is 0201 qualified.
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Maynard C. Wiff, v.p., Binghamton operations, explains that every placement system starts as a configured order and can be completed and shipped to customers in less than three weeks.
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Brian Tassey, sales support, shows Meredith Courtemanche how the quad-gantry robots work in-synch to ramp-up placement speeds.
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Siva Ram Prasad Kethineni, SW engineer, configures the system’s software in the product development area.
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