AEI SHIPPING UPGRADED LW4200 LASER WELDING STATIONS
AEI Offers Upgraded Alignment and Weld Stations for Customers with Limited Automation Budgets
Wilmington, Massachusetts April 16, 2004 Automation Engineering Incorporated (AEI) today announced that it has developed a series of upgrades and enhancements to Newport LW4200 opto-electronic alignment and laser welding stations and that these upgrades are available now to AEI's customers.
" In the current economic climate, existing second-hand automation tools such as the LW4200 can be purchased on the open market for substantially less than new equipment from AEI or others." Said Andre By, Chief Technology Officer at AEI. "However, these second-hand automation tools do not have the flexibility, capability, and ease of adaptation to new or modified product manufacturing and testing as new AEI equipment. To accommodate customers that either already own existing automation equipment from others or are considering buying these tools on the second hand market due to budgetary constraints, AEI is now providing retrofits and upgrades to these existing automation tools. These retrofitted and upgraded tools aren't as fully featured as new AEI automation equipment but they do include many of the added flexibility and capabilities of new AEI tools."
"The LW4200 retrofit/upgrade includes replacement of existing LW4200 tooling with AEI designed interchangeable tooling and fixturing to accommodate manufacturing a wider range of products and components." Added Frank Leard, AEI Senior Process Engineer. "This new tooling incorporates AEi's quick-change kinematic structures to allow elements of the fixturing to be quickly swapped out to support manufacturing and/or testing different products on the same automation equipment. We also replace the Newport machine control software with AEi's FlexAutoT control software, incorporating our advanced alignment and re-bend algorithms with multi-dimensional force feedback. This software has been adopted by many organizations around the world to implement automated manufacturing quickly and with high versatility."
About Automation Engineering Incorporated
AEi, founded in 1990, provides comprehensive engineering services for design for manufacturing and process prototyping plus complete flexible automation solutions for its customers. AEi specializes in automation applications and equipment that require the integration of advanced machine vision and motion control technology. AEi operates in this capacity as both a consultant and a systems integrator for turn-key automation machinery for the aerospace, consumer products, electronics, fiber optics, electronics, medical devices, photonics, and many other industries. AEi technology and systems are currently in production across North America and Europe. Additional AEi product and services information is available at its web site at http://www.aeiboston.com.
Contacts: Andre By, Chief Technology Officer
Automation Engineering Incorporated
600 Research Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887
P: 978-658-1000, ext 102
F: 978-658-1050
aby@aeiboston.com
Justin Roe, Chief Operating Officer
Automation Engineering Incorporated
600 Research Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887
P: 978-658-1000, ext 107
F: 978-658-1050
jroe@aeiboston.com