Chad Industries Introduces 100% Lead Inspection Option for Its Line of Circuit Board Assembly Equipment; New Lead Inspection Option Allows Lead Inspection During Insertion, Offering a Path to Zero Defects for Odd Form Assembly Equipment.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Chad Industries Inc., a leading supplier of Odd Form Circuit Board Assembly equipment, today announced a 100 percent under board lead inspection option (patent-pending) for its line of automated and semi-automated circuit board assembly systems. The new option allows for 100 percent of the leads to be inspected during the insertion process. The new option has been adapted to Chad Industries' industry-leading Odd Form Circuit Board Assembly systems allowing customers to truly reach "Zero Defects "Zero Defects" is a notional quality standard developed by Phil Crosby. Although applicable to any type of enterprise, it has been primarily adopted within industry supply chains wherever large volumes of components are being purchased (common items such as nuts and bolts are good " for these difficult-to-insert Odd Form components. A camera has been mounted to a programmable X-Y stage below the board and inspects the leads once they have been inserted. The flexibility of the programmable stage allows the camera to move with the robot to each new location on the board as well as to multiple locations on the board for each insertion required for large parts. "Driven by our customer demands to trap defects of Odd Form thru-hole components during the board assembly and not at a distant test station, Chad Industries developed a new vision tool and process to meet these needs," said Scott Klimczak, president of Chad Industries. "With this new design we are inspecting the component leads where it matters, after the part has been inserted." The new lead inspection tool uses Adept Vision sAVI(TM). The standard CHAD automated insertion systems are controlled by Adept SmartServo(TM) controls. The tightly integrated vision and robot control Robot control is the theory of how to model and control robots. A simplistic model of a robot is to view it as a collection of links connected by joints. allowed a seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of the controls into the existing programming architecture. "CHAD has always been on the leading edge of adapting the Adept suite of products in the circuit board assembly arena. This is another example of an excellent use of the integrated robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions and vision in the manufacturing environment," said Robert Bucher, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Adept Technology Inc. Chad Industries designs, manufactures and markets wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. handling solutions for the semiconductor industry, mechanical and odd-form component assembly solutions for the electronics industry, liquid handling solutions for the life sciences industry, and other automated handling, assembly and test solutions. CHAD began operations in 1973 and established leadership in the electronics assembly for odd-form component to printed circuit assembly (CHAD IQ(TM) Product Line), and has expanded their solutions expertise to include semiconductor, fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , and life sciences solutions. More information is available at http://www.chadindustries.net. To see the latest Chad developments, visit Chad Industries' booth #962 at the APEX apex (a´peks) pl. apexes, a´pices [L.] tip; the pointed end of a conical part; the top of a body, organ, or part.ap´ical apex of lung the rounded upper extremity of either lung. show (Anaheim, Calif.) from Feb. 8-10, 2006. |
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