Universal Collaborates with Aegis for Monitoring, Traceability

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Binghamton, N.Y. and Philadelphia — Universal Instruments Corp. announces that Aegis Industrial Software has joined the Universal third party software program.

Aegis has developed interfaces to Universal Instruments software to integrate support for Universal products into the Aegis iMonitor system. Under this agreement Aegis will use standard interfaces in Universal Instruments manufacturing automation software suite to allow data retrieval by Aegis monitoring software. Aegis has already developed an interpreter for Universal's DMM database structure providing translation into IPC-standard CAMX data. This combined solution, which comprises Universal's Line Communicator software system with the Aegis xLink CAMX transmitter, has been tested and verified for all Universal surface mount products including GSM UPS+ (Windows based system), GSM UPS (OS/2 based system), and HSP (4796 & 4797).

The combined package offers Aegis end-users a single solution to monitor real-time data from Universal Surface Mount lines, and leverage this information with Aegis Web-based product tracking, component traceability, quality and SPC solutions.

In the future, integration with Universal's programming tools will simplify the access to Universal machines from Aegis programming tools. Aegis NPI tools will interface seamlessly with Universal Instruments' GSM platform products and the HSP chipshooter range.

Aegis offers software for improving the manufacturing and management operations of the electronics assembly enterprise.

Universal Instruments is a global electronics productivity specialist providing innovative circuit, semiconductor, and back-end assembly technologies and equipment, as well as integrated system solutions and process expertise to manufacturers in every sector of the electronics industry. For more information, visit www.uic.com.