Chad Industries Showcases New WaferMate(TM) Wafer Handling Workcell at Semicon West 2005; WaferMate(TM) Workcells Designed to Seamlessly Integrate with Fab and Assembly Equipment.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Chad Industries, Inc., a leading supplier of factory automation solutions for the semiconductor, electronics, and life sciences industries will be showcasing the latest generation of their wafer handling workcells at the Semicon West tradeshow which opens next week in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA. The WaferMate(TM) series of workcells combine proven, reliable hardware with fully integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. , resulting in the most robust solution for today's wafer loading applications. The WaferMate series marks an evolution of traditional wafer handling workcell design, offering a high degree of performance and flexibility at an exceptional value. Building on the success of the WLM WLM Windows Live Messenger WLM Waltham, Massachusetts (Airport Code) WLM We Love Music WLM Workload Manager WLM Wiring List (TMINS) WLM Weyrling Master (Dragonriders of Pern) (TM) series, this latest workcell is significantly cost-reduced, permitting automated wafer handling at a much lower cost of entry. Despite this low cost, all of the established functions that customers have come to expect have been retained. The workcell features a PC-based (or optional Adept Technology) control system that enables custom programming to address even the most demanding wafer handling applications. The WaferMate200(TM) workcell is designed to accommodate wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. ranging in size from 100mm to 200mm in diameter, and can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: with a broad range of options to meet specific handling requirements. These options include special end effectors Other use:in Computer Graphics, an end effector is the position and orientation of the last joint in a chain of joints In Robotics, an End effector is the device at the end of a robotic arm, designed to interact with the environment. to address thin, double sided, and glass wafer handling as well as OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. and barcode readers See bar code reader. for wafer identification and traceability. The WaferMate200 workcell's surprisingly compact size and minimized footprint enable it to support up to two process tools, and up to six 25 wafer cassettes. The WaferMate300(TM) workcell is designed to accommodate 300mm and 200mm wafers via SEMI standard automated loadports. Both systems are designed to be SEMI S2, S8, and CE compliant and are available with integrated ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. Class 2 clean air systems. "We are extremely pleased with the WaferMate(TM) workcells, and excited about the opportunities that they will offer to expand our market in the automated wafer handling industry" says Scott Klimczak, president of CHAD Industries. "We have combined our many years of experience and creativity to come up with a unique product offering that combines reliable performance at an exceptional value. We have listened to what the market has been asking for, and believe that we have delivered that with the WaferMate series workcells." The WaferMate200(TM) workcell will be displayed in the Chad Industries' booth #8207 during the Semicon West 2005 show. Chad Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets wafer 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. The company began operations in 1973 and established leadership in the electronics assembly for odd-form component to printed circuit assembly (CHAD IQ(TM) Product Line). After being acquired by Adept Technology, Inc., Chad Industries 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. The Chad logo, Chad, CHAD IQ, WaferMate, WaferMate200, WaferMate300 and WLM are trademarks of Chad Industries, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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