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GPAX, Ltd
790 Cross Pointe Rd.
Columbus, Ohio 43230 USA
PH: 614-501-7622
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

HIGH SPEED AUTOMATED PACKAGING OF CONNECTORS ON GPAX EIA TAPE-AND-REEL FOR NORTHERN TELECOM

 

GPAX, Ltd.……………………………………………...................................................... Columbus, Ohio

Announces the completion of and installation of several fully automated GPAX 4008 Loaders for high speed packaging of connectors for Northern Telecom in Lachine, Quebec Canada. The integration was accomplished by ATS of Simi Valley, California. This links the process of packaging odd-form connectors from the final production of the component directly onto GPAX's EIA standard carrier tape. The carrier is prepunched with the component lead pattern. The leads of the component are inserted into the prepunched holes registering the component lead pattern to within 0.001".

Mr. Dominic Savo, General Manager of ATS says, "GPAX is the best automation tape and reel process I know. We were very pleased with the results and exceeded Northern Telecom's expectations. I think GPAX should be accepted as a standard by the Electronic Industries Association." High speed automated packaging significantly reduces the cost of packaging components on tape-and-reel format and thereby sets the cost lower than that of the price of tubes. Components taped on GPAX provide an ample supply of on-line inventory requiring less replenishment compared to tubes. When a reel is nearly depleted, another can easily be staple spliced onto the next reel without having to shut down the feeder. Thus, further absorbing costs and time is cut from the total automation process for the end user's benefit. William A. Mahoney, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at GPAX stated, "At Northern Telecom, this connector was the latest of many components to be packaged and fed on GPAX. Now all of the odd-form components on the line are fully automated at the lowest cost and fed on GPAX mechanically interlocking tape technology." ATS is a manufacturer of custom automated assembly machines and material handling equipment. ATS headquarters are located in Cambridge Ontario, Canada with other manufacturing facilities in Columbus, Ohio, Livermore, California and Corvallis, Oregon.

GPAX, Ltd is a manufacturer of component packing and dispensing (feeding) products in tape and reel format for use in small parts assembly automation. With headquarters located in Columbus, Ohio. GPAX markets its products worldwide to users and component manufacturers through a direct sales force and a network of assembly systems integrators.