Marian and AccuPlace Partner in Precision Part Placement

AccuPlace has come to agreement with Marian Inc to market AccuPlace machines worldwide. Marian is a leader for over 50 years in precision parts fabrication primarily made from flexible materials and selectively laminated adhesives. AccuPlace is well known for providing standard equipment to assemble film adhesives.

(PRWEB) February 17, 2006 -- AccuPlace has come to agreement with Marian Inc to market AccuPlace machines worldwide. Marian is a leader for over 50 years in precision parts fabrication primarily made from flexible materials and selectively laminated adhesives. AccuPlace is well known for providing standard equipment to assemble film adhesives.

“It is an important step in our overall marketing strategy to OEM’s to not only provide them with the best custom fabricated solution for their application during the design phase, but to extend that solution with an option for automated, precision placement of that part”, said Bill Witchger, President & CEO of Marian Inc. Mr. Witchger stated, “We’ve seen our customers’ custom fabricated parts get smaller and smaller over the years. Designing these parts is one thing, but considering how to place them becomes quite a challenge. This is where we see our partnership with AccuPlace as a natural fit in offering our customers a complete solution.”

Gene Witchger, VP Operations at Marian Inc added: “All too often we see companies that design a part with the functional solution for their few prototypes in mind. Building five to ten products manually is a far cry from assembling thousands. Marian Inc. now offers the option to optimize the placement of the part; subsequently, improving the products quality and reducing cost.”

AccuPlace offers a variety of placement systems ranging from semi-automatic machines to fully automatic robotic pick and place systems. With more than 3000 applications solved worldwide, AccuPlace has an extensive experience with pressure sensitive adhesives, double –sided adhesives and non-adhesive parts.

The key advantages of the AccuPlace standardized platform are various: Established operational criteria, predictable quality, and perhaps of greatest benefit, quantified process costs. They are also refined and enhanced through years of development; and their reusability factor exceeds 95%. Prototyping runs and capability studies can be performed prior to production runs, exposing any design concerns early. Off the shelf and quickly reconfigurable equipment are distinct advantages where product life cycles are short and time-to-market is critical.

When you speak of precision die cutting, it is quite a challenge with the variety of flexible materials and adhesives available today. Mike Terry, Global Sales Manager at AccuPlace, explains, “We selected Marian Inc as a VAR (Value Added Reseller) based on their ability to not only consistently cut a tight tolerance rotary die cut part; but also to maintain consistent pitch between parts and from the liner edge to the part. These are key factors to assuring the customer yields the highest productivity utilizing AccuPlace machines. ”

Marian Inc serves its main markets with a direct company sales force. The company’s markets are medical, consumer electronics, transportation, appliance and electrical equipment. The companies focus is to support design of mechanical parts from early prototypes through volume production. Marian has positioned its manufacturing to support this strategy. Each location has a variety of production competencies including rotary and flat bed die cutting, as well as laser cutting to support lower volume needs during design.

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