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EuroWire – March 2008 45
english technology news
Spectrum Technologies has launched the
NovaTM 880 ultra high speed UV laser wire
marker, which joins the existing range of
Capris ® UV laser wire marking products.
The Nova 880 is the highest speed wire
marker developed to date by Spectrum,
with performance substantially greater
even than the benchmark Capris 100,
which has been the mainstay of the
aerospace industry for the past decade or
more.
Nova 880 represents a quantum leap in
performance in UV solid state laser wire
markers. It uses a new high power UV laser
and optical system based on Spectrum’s
proprietary LongbowTM UV solid state laser
to achieve marking speeds up to double
those of the current top of the range
marker, the Capris 60-200.
Overall system throughput and
productivity is increased by up to 90%
compared to the C60-200, depending on
job make up.
Nova also heralds the introduction of a
brand new overall system design with
new wire handling and auto-mation
systems that introduce further substantial
gains in performance and capabilities.
Nova is available as either a manual
system or with fully automated wire
handling for selecting and loading wires.
The new auto select and load (ASL) system
doubles the number of wires that can be
handled automatically from the previous
16 to 32 wires or cables. The wire loading
times have also been slashed, offering
even greater productivity.
Recent industry reports have stated
that future production of aircraft faces
the prospect of being constrained by
manufacturing capacity. Nova has been
developed in anticipation of this issue and
in response to demand from industry for
a very high speed marker for high volume
aerospace wire harness manufacturing
applications. The Nova marker also excels
in extreme applications – marking very
long wire codes and long wires with
continuous close pitched wire codes,
such as required by military aircraft
applications.
After consultation with key customers
Spectrum’s engineering and development
team launched the Nova development
in mid-2006 to meet the requirement
for a system with increased capacity. A
full prototype system has been under
development with thorough Beta testing
carried out on-site at Spectrum. The
system has been carefully designed
to reduce risks associated with new
technology, minimising the time to
market.
Following a successful test phase Nova
has now been released into production
with the first batch of units currently in
manufacture. Spectrum has also signed
up the launch customer with the first unit
due for delivery before the end of the
year.
The system is in full compliance with
the latest international standards for
aerospace wire marking such as SAE
AS5649. It also complies fully with other
key standards such as AS50881 and major
OEM standards.
SpectrumTechnologies – UK
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New wire marker from Spectrum