We are a software development company specializing in Windows application and Web application software development.  We have over 20 years of software development experience in industrial applications. Our area of expertise is software development for machine control and instrumentation.  We design software for both stand alone systems and systems to be networked together.  Networked machines can connect to a central server where all recipes can be stored and where reports can be logged.  We can also develop applications to make machines accessable inside or outside a plant using a standard Web browser.    All machines deployed in multiple sites could have access to or log data to a central database on the web.  The information could be used for product improvements, system diagnostics, and documentation of events.

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We were the original software developer and control system consultant for Automated Production System's (APS) L Series SMT Pick & Place machine.  The software controlled 5 axis of high speed motion, up to 96 feeders, 8 tools, and a cyberoptic touchless laser centering device.  A video camera with a live window in the main graphical user interface was used for teaching positions, verifying component placement, and for automatic fiducial correction. We developed a powerful programming language to control pick and place locations, feeder locations, component type, component size, component centering, tool changing, fiducial locations, etc..  We also developed the optional CAD import program which translates popular circuit board CAD files into the L Series programming language.

Our primary business is Software Development.  We do, however, offer other services to help draw the project to a successful close.  Software development is closely linked to both the electrical and mechanical design of a machine or system.  Often, software development can not begin until the electrical and mechanical systems are concepted or designed.  We offer electrical, mechanical, and assembly services.  We are experienced in electrical design of control systems for all types of applications involving instrumentation and motion control.  We can handle the entire design or consult on the design with your engineers to help bring the project to a successful and timely end.

We are also experienced in mechanical design of complex motion control systems.  As with the electrical design, we can do the entire design or consult on the design with your engineers to help bring the project to a successful and timely end.

Some Machine Designs:

• Syringe Labeler - Table top machine to automatically apply a label to a syringe.
• Label Inserter - Table top machine to automatically roll a label and insert it into a tube. 
• Automatic Product Inserter - Machine to automatically insert a putty stick into a tube.
• Laser Mark and Rewind - Machine to feed a roll of labels reel to reel during laser or inkjet printing.
• Wafer Resistivity Measurement - 3 Axis Machine to map the resistivity and thickness of a silicon wafer.
• Spade Drill Bit Machine - 7 Axis Machine to manufacture spade drill bits.

OEMs and End Users:

Advent Design, Aldon's Foods, Aluminum Athletic Equipment, Amerace, AMP, Angiotech, Automated Production Systems, Asher Candies, AT&T, Black & Decker, C&D Chartered Power, Centocor, Chant Engineering, D&G, Day4 Energy, Draper, Dupont, DynaVac, Elmark Packaging, Ethicon, Evergreen Solar, Exonic Systems, Ford Electronics, Foremost, General Electric, Graco, Herr Foods, Honeywell, Hull/Finmac, Johnson & Johnson, Knoll, Kulicke and Soffa, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Lehighton Electronics, Maple Accessories, Mather Seal, McGuckin & Pyle, Microstamping, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Muskin Pools, Onexia, Optiphase, Pakorny, Penn Engineering, Polymeric Systems, Pressed Steel, PS Group, Quickie, Showmark Machines, SKF Bearing, SMC Systems, U.S. Steel, Upjohn, Wawa, West Summit Concepts.