Milara’s Diamond Wafer Handling Robots Win a 2009 Global Technology Award

Medfield, MA — November 2009 — Milara Inc. announces that it has been awarded a Global Technology Award in the category of Wafer Level Products for its Diamond Wafer Handling Robots. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, November 10, 2009 ceremony that took place at the New Munich Trade Fair Center in Munich, Germany.

The Diamond Series atmospheric robots represent a significant engineering advancement in the design and reliability of wafer handling equipment. Benefiting from technologically superior components, the robots utilize ultra low inertia, high-response brushless servomotors coupled with zero-backlash Harmonic Drive® gears to achieve greatly enhanced dexterity and precision.

Two independent arms (R1 and R2) attached to a common royalty axis (T) allow fast swapping or simultaneous transfer of two wafers. Powerful native wafer handling and scripting languages facilitate rapid software development for embedding the robots into an OEM application environment.

High-strength structural members enable top, bottom or side mount configurations without compromising the system rigidity. In addition, a 32-bit, real-time kernel delivers accurate motion profiling along smooth continuous trajectories, while the distributed control architecture allows a seamless integration with linear tracks, pre-aligners, and other sub-components.

Premiering in 2005, the Global Technology Awards program is an annual celebration of product excellence in electronics surface mount assembly. Premier products based on the finest examples of creative advancement in technology are chosen by a distinguished panel of industry experts.

Milara Inc. is a leading vendor of fully and semiautomatic stencil printers for SMT and semiconductor industries. Contact Milara at 4 Marc Rd., Medway, MA 02053; (508) 533.5322; Fax: (508) 533.8686; Web site: http://www.milarasmt.com.