Adept Technology launches on-line collaborative engineering tool
Adept Technology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiber optic and semiconductor industries, today announced the launch of an e-catalog and e-commerce site for Adept SmartModules at www.adept.com. The Adept Performance Analyzer, included in the e-catalog, is an on-line tool that automates the analysis and selection of specific configurations and modules.
This unique on-line collaborative engineering tool will reduce engineering time and expense by providing detailed design life, cost and performance data for specific applications, previously available only with tedious manual calculations.
"Adept's analyzer is the first on-line tool that allows engineers and designers to identify and select the optimum mechanical configuration, design life and pricing for individual applications," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing for Adept Technology. "The Adept Performance Analyzer slashes engineering time up to 75%, and gives engineers the ability to quickly validate multiple configurations to improve their system designs."
SmartModules E-catalog allows customers to select one of 18 primary configurations, controller options and specific module sizes and then review payload capacity and system pricing. For typical, high-volume configurations, the customer can then enter the actual payload, mounting location and start and stop locations for the primary motion. The Performance Analyzer then returns detailed performance data including cycle time, maximum speed and acceleration, and design life. Engineers can then easily evaluate various cost/work envelope/design life/cycle time scenarios from over 2500 SmartModules configurations. Once a specific SmartModules configuration has been selected, the system can be ordered online or a request for quote (RFQ) can be generated.
Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets factory automation components and systems for the fiber optic, telecommunications, semiconductor, automotive, food and durable goods industries throughout the world. Adept's robots, controllers, and software products are used for small parts assembly, material handling and ultra precision process applications.
Our intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, flexible feeders, semiconductor process components, nanopositioners, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, systems and software, application software, and simulation software. Founded in 1983, Adept is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com.
Source: Adept Technology, Inc.