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Hover-Davis, Cogiscan Form RFID Smart Feeder Partnership
May 12, 2005 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
ROCHESTER, N.Y. and BROMONT, Quebec, Canada — Hover-Davis and Cogiscan announce that through their long-term strategic partnership, they are introducing a new generation of smart feeders. The feeders are said to enable customers to perform machine setup validation for feeders and components; eliminate human errors and reduce changeover time; track feeders and components on and off placement machines; and enable inventory control and traceability in real-time.
"We are very excited about this new collaboration with Cogiscan," comments Rick Howe, vice president of sales and marketing for Hover-Davis. "There are many types of smart feeder technologies, but the Cogiscan solution is truly unique in the sense that it can be easily retrofitted to any brand and model of placement machine. This is an essential consideration for our customers since they often buy our feeders for their installed base of equipment. The Cogiscan RFID technology is so valuable, and yet so cost-effective, that it made sense for us to imbed an RFID tag in each of our new Siemens Siplace compatible feeders. We are also planning to start including Cogiscan technology in other families of feeders."
Francois Monette, vice president of sales and marketing for Cogiscan, says, "We are extremely pleased with this announcement. This is a very natural fit between two companies that are recognized as the leaders in their respective market space. This is also a significant milestone in our long-term strategy of becoming the de-facto standard for RFID-based material tracking in the electronics manufacturing industry. Having the Cogiscan RFID tags already imbedded in the Hover-Davis feeders will make it even simpler for our customers to upgrade their existing equipment and enjoy the benefits of Cogiscan material control solutions."
EDITOR'S NOTE: Please see the related May 11 story, "Tape Feeders Compatible with Siplace Machines", by clicking here.