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Electronics Manufacturing
Precise motion control for
advanced electronics manufacturing equipment
In high-precision electronics manufacturing applications —such as SMT assembly, automated optical inspection (AOI), probing, and precision dispensing— motion control requirements can include sub-micron precision, synchronized control of many axes, rapid move and settle, and synchronized triggering of devices such as AOI inspection heads.
ACS Motion Control’s unique mix of competencies in advanced servo and AI-based control algorithms, multi-axis EtherCAT-based control systems, motion-to-process synchronization, and high-performance servo drive electronics, enables electronics manufacturing OEMs to meet or exceed machine performance requirements and bring high-end equipment to market fast.
Key electronics applications
- Automated optical inspection (AOI)
- Solder paste inspection (SPI)
- SMT PCB assembly
- Precision dispensing and coating
- Laser direct imaging
- PCB and FPCB cutting and drilling
- Probing and testing
Precision motion stage control
- Linear motor stages
- Direct drive rotary stages
- XY stages, XYZ stages
- XY gantry stages, dual gantry stages
- Z voice coil stages
- Air bearing stages
- Precision servo and stepper ballscrew stages
Acs Capabilities
Key capabilities for electronics applications
Position Event Generation
High speed, on-the-fly event triggering synchronized to precise positioning
Position MARK Capture
High speed, on-the-fly position capture synchronized to event trigger
ServoBoost & ServoBoost Plus
Improve Motion System Performance with Unique Servo Algorithm
Testimonial
State-of-the-Art SMT Assembly
“The SPiiPlusSC-HP EtherCAT motion controller manages the entire system. It controls the ACS servo and stepper drives, I/Os, and non-ACS drives. We implemented all real-time functionality in the ACSPL+ controller programming language. ACSPL+ provided the real-time environment and the parallelism we needed, enabling us to make changes and test them easily. This, together with the SPiiPlus Simulator, which all our software developers use heavily to test their software, saved us a lot of development time. With the SPiiPlusSC-HP that runs on the host PC and communicates with the Windows environment through fast shared memory, there is no communication limitation when you have a host-based application program that requires intensive and fast communication with the controller.
When we started this project, EtherCAT was new to us. Without ACS’ know-how, flexibility, and support, it would have taken us much more time to complete the project.”
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Accelerating motion control solutions & high-tech equipment innovation
Since our founding, ACS Motion Control has thrived on addressing precision motion control challenges in advanced semiconductor process control. Today, we are proud to provide motion control system solutions to equipment manufacturers in several high-tech market segments.
Ultra-precise, high-speed motion coordination
Compact, compliant, high-reliability control solutions
Ultra-precise, high-speed motion coordination
Nanometer stability for critical beam positioning