EoW March 2008

english technology news

New wire marker from Spectrum

Spectrum Technologies has launched the Nova TM 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 Longbow TM UV solid state laser to achieve marking speeds up to double those of the current top of the range marker, the Capris 60-200. 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 Overall system throughput

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 Fax : +44 1656 655920 Email : sales@spectrumtech.com Website : www.spectrumtech.com

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EuroWire – March 2008