Oct 6

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Thursday, October 06, 2011 

Ucamco and Adeon Technologies are pleased to announce that UK PCB manufacturer Spirit Circuits has recently installed a Ucamco SilverWriter 8800-P Laser Plotter.

With its latest generation of SilverWriter systems, Ucamco continues to set the PCB industry's laser plotting standards. Offering the most advanced film handling and data processing capabilities, new drive technology for unrivalled uptime, and three independent high-capacity magazines holding a total of 450 sheets of film, the SilverWriter 8000 series is capable of fully automatic high-speed lights-out operation.

Built on a solid platform incorporating an ultra-stable granite bed, SilverWriter ensures the very best in repeatable accuracies, while 16 plot resolutions up to a tiny 25,400 pixels/inch, together with the system's special pixel placement capabilities, provide unprecendented plotting precision. Special stress-free film handling capabilities and dynamic beam positioning ensure perfect registration on every plot.
 
“We benchmarked the SilverWriter, and it stood head and shoulders above the competition in terms of engineering, its capabilities and Ucamco's dedicated software package”, says Spirit Circuits' Owner, Steve Driver. Based in Southern England, the company offers a quick-turn PCB service supplying prototypes and small batches of double sided and multilayer circuits to a broad range of industries. “The majority of the PCBs we make are delivered to our customers within two days of order placement, so plotting is a critical part of our manufacturing cycle – it's imperative that we have equipment we can rely on”, he says. Indeed, together with speed and accuracy, reliability was one of the key issues in his company's decision making process, and, says Driver, “we felt, having completed our benchmarking and having received extremely positive feedback from other SilverWriter owners, that the Ucamco machine offered us all the reliability we needed”.
And it's a workhorse. With maintenance-free linear motors, air-bearings and a new direct drive drum for unparalleled long-term uptime, SilverWriter is designed for year-round 24/7 operation, for higher throughputs and lower cost of ownership.

About Spirit Circuits
Spirit Circuits is one of the UK’s most innovative PCB manufacturers, offering anything from simple single-sided boards through to complex multilayers. We deliver large format and fast turnaround PCBs, and can achieve lead times from 24-hours.