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News Release from: Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering | Subject: NanoRobot Developer System
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2002
Nanorobot system helps lab-to-production
transfer
Configured for component development, a NanoRobot Developer System, allows users to go from product development to manufacturing using the same software routines and multiple hardware systems.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSE: EXF) announced today the introduction of the NanoRobot Developer System, a photonics alignment system configured for component development The newest addition to EXFO's NanoRobot line enables manufacturers of complex photonics components to develop products with the same technology used during production for assembly and alignment
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Users can go from product development to full manufacturing using the same software routines and multiple hardware configurations.
This minimizes time to volume, a critical factor for component manufacturers.
The NanoRobot Developer System is a precise, flexible solution that can be used in the lab as well as on the production floor for active alignment applications including planar lightguide circuits (PLCs), transceivers, multi-port devices, collimating lenses, fiber arrays, etc.
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The Developer System consists of NanoRobot hardware, powerful nanoalignment software and a vision system.
The NanoRobot hardware incorporates patented Inchworm motor technology to provide unprecedented nanoalignment performance.
The software is the most advanced in the industry for nanoalignment and features a library of script-based routines that are ready to use from the start.
The vision system includes an adjustable mounting system.
Test and measurement capabilities are easily added from EXFO's broad range of high-performance products.
"The new NanoRobot Developer System allows manufacturers of photonics components to reduce their costs because they can quickly move from high-end R and D to high-volume manufacturing with the same automated solution," said David Farrell, President of Burleigh Instruments, a wholly owned subsidiary of EXFO.
"Our NanoRobot Developer System offers the superior performance component manufacturers expect from EXFO nanoalignment products and simplifies transfer of motion, software and vision technology from the lab to the manufacturing floor.
"Instead of automating a manual process, smart component manufacturers are automating assembly and alignment right from the start." EXFO, which derives its name from EXpertise in Fiber Optics, is a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber-optic test, measurement and automation solutions for the global telecommunications industry.
EXFO markets its products to more than 2000 customers in 70 countries around the world.
EXFO and its subsidiaries develop products for two main markets.
The Portable and Monitoring Division provides handheld and modular instruments for the physical-, optical- and protocol-layer testing needs of telecommunications carriers and network service providers.
The Industrial and Scientific Division offers an extensive line of high-performance instruments, test systems and automated manufacturing equipment for optical component and system vendors as well as for research and development labs.
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