BlueShift™ Technologies has
introduced a game changer to the vacuum automation
playing field. The QuickLink, with its innovative linear
and linkable architecture, provides OEMs a competitive
advantage against the conventional radial systems. The BlueShift advantage focuses on configurability
allowing OEMs a common vacuum platform across tool
generations as well as across process applications.
One of the greatest challenges in developing BlueShift’s
QuickLink wafer handling system was designing a motion
control system that could meet demanding requirements
for expandability, resolution, stiffness and reliability at
a competitive price. “We tried a motion control card
using Firewire A, but could not make it work on more
than one axis at a time,” said Chris Kiley, Vice President
of Engineering for BlueShift Technologies. “A systems
integrator suggested Danaher Motion’s XMP SynqNet®
series motion controllers. We discovered that we could
add up to 32 axes of motion simply by plugging them
in. The XMP motion controller quality levels helped us exceed our competition in reliability by a factor of
four. It meets our demanding repeatability and speed
requirements with ease.”
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