Adept Technology Announces Initial Shipments of New Fiber Optic Automation Software.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001 Adept NanoWare Software Integrates Control of Alignment Stages, Robots and Machine Vision Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiber optic and semiconductor industries, today announced initial shipments of Adept NanoWare, an application software package designed specifically for automatic assembly of fiber optic components. The software package provides the first fully-integrated control platform for automated fiber optic component assembly with integration of alignment stages, epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing and laser welding Laser welding Welding with a laser beam. The primary apparatus is the continuous-wave, convectively cooled CO2 laser with either oscillator/amplifier (gaussian output beam) or unstable resonator (hollows output beam) optics. positioning devices, machine vision, process instrumentation and cell control. "Adept NanoWare software brings Adept's 20 years of precision assembly expertise to the photonics manufacturing industry," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing for Adept Technology. "We've enhanced our best-in-class motion control and assembly software with tools designed to solve fiber optic alignment and bonding applications. These tools include Adept PowerFinder search algorithms which are designed to greatly reduce the time required to find 'first light' and the Adept PowerServo bonding control process which maximizes power coupling throughout the entire bonding process." Adept NanoWare software provides a scalable assembly platform that controls the full spectrum of fiber assembly applications ranging from single alignment stage tools to sophisticated epoxy bonding and laser welding systems. The software's communication protocols include GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) An IEEE 488 standard parallel interface used for attaching sensors and programmable instruments to a computer. Using a 24-pin connector, up to 15 devices can be daisy chained together. HP's version is the HPIB. and Ethernet to communicate with industry standard software packages such as Visual Basic(R) and LabVIEW(R). Adept NanoWare software is available in two formats: the AIM NanoWare software package for use with Adept's industry leading motion and robot controllers, and the Adept NanoWare PC software package for use with PC-based controllers. Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets factory automation components and systems for the fiber optic, telecommunications, semiconductor, automotive, food and durable goods durable goods Goods, such as appliances and automobiles, that have a useful life over a number of periods. Firms that produce durable goods are often subject to wide fluctuations in sales and profits. Also called consumer durables. industries throughout the world. Adept's robots, controllers, and software products are used for small parts assembly, material handling and ultra precision process applications. Our intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, flexible feeders, semiconductor process components, nanopositioners, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, systems and software, application software, and simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. . Founded in 1983, Adept is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results could vary for a number of reasons, including but not limited to, the potential delays associated with the development and introduction of new products or software releases; the potential fluctuations in the company's quarterly and annual results of operations; the company's dependence on the continued growth of the intelligent automation market; the risks associated with sole or single sources of supply and lengthy procurement lead times The interval in months between the initiation of procurement action and receipt into the supply system of the production model (excludes prototypes) purchased as the result of such actions. It is composed of two elements, production lead time and administrative lead time. ; our product's long sales cycles and implementation periods, the company's need to adequately invest in research and development; the company's significant fixed costs fixed costs, n.pl the costs that do not change to meet fluctuations in enrollment or in use of services (e.g., salaries, rent, business license fees, and depreciation). that cannot be easily reduced in the event of a decrease in demand; the potential that our new or existing products may contain defects, errors or performance problems, the company's highly competitive industry; and rapid technological change within the company's industry. For a discussion of additional risk factors relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Adept's business, see Adept's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 and Adept's Form 10-Qs for the quarters ended September 30, 2000, December 30, 2000, and March 31, 2001, including the discussion in Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained therein. Note to Editors: The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept, AIM NanoWare, Adept NanoStage, Adept PowerFinder, Adept PowerServo, and Adept NanoWare PC are trademarks of Adept Technology. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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