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BERKELEY TO PRESENT PATENT PENDING OPTICAL FIBER
WINDING TECHNOLOGY AT INTERWIRE 2003
Technical Paper To Describe System That Reduces
Spool Quality Rejections and Fiber Production Costs
RICHMOND, Calif., April 15, 2003 - Berkeley Process Control, Inc. (Berkeley) announced today that it will describe new technology that automatically improves the quality of wound optical fiber spool packages as part of the technical papers program of Interwire 2003, May 10-15, Atlanta, Georgia. The paper, "Automatic Spool Package Edge Quality Assessment and Correction Algorithm for Winding Applications", will detail the capabilities of the company's patent pending Auto-Edge Correction control system.
Berkeley's system automatically adjusts spool winding parameters to insure that each package is smooth and free of edge buildup or rolloff. Auto-Edge Correction eliminates the need for operator supervision, subjective judgement, or manual intervention. This enables high-speed fiber winding with fewer spool quality rejections, and substantially decreases the possibility of fiber breaks. Benefits include reduced material rework and scrap, freed rewind machine capacity, and reduced labor costs.
Auto-Edge Correction is employed in Berkeley's FST40™ Fiber Take-up machine that winds up to one million meters of optical fiber per spool at speeds up to 45 meters per second. When a spool is full, patent-pending technology instantly cuts the optical fiber and attaches it to an empty precisely rotating spool-this occurs with no interruption or slowdown of the fiber drawing process, resulting in far fewer fiber breaks.
Berkeley has produced more than 750 high-performance machine control systems and complete machines for optical fiber manufacturers over the last decade.
About Berkeley Process Control: Berkeley Process Control, Inc., Richmond California, a privately held company founded in 1981, is the leading supplier of advanced automated motion-and-machine control solutions for critical manufacturing processes used in the optical fiber, semiconductor, and packaging industries. Berkeley's comprehensive and unique approach to automation enables faster time to market, greater machine productivity, and seamless integrity for original equipment manufacturers.
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