JUKI’s FX-3 and KE-3020 Feeder Wins a 2009 Global Technology Award

Solothurn, Switzerland – November 2009 - JUKI announces that it has been awarded a Global Technology Award in the category of Assembly Tools for its FX-3 and KE-3020 Feeders. 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.

Juki’s new FX-3 and KE3020 motor driven electric feeder can feed sensitively for ultra small components, steadily and fast. With the electric feeder there is no need to stop the machine when replenishing components using the splicing function. This drastically reduces down time, allowing components to be easily replenished at any time.

With the electric feeder, feed pitch is simple to change with just the press of a button, and status is displayed by lighting of LED by the seven segment LED. Feeder loading and unloading is simple. Simply slide back to unload and slide in after loading the feeder.

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.

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JUKI Corporation’s experience as the market leader in industrial sewing machines was the stepping-stone for the entry into the printed circuit board assembly market in 1987. Since then, JUKI has delivered more than 20,000 automated assembly systems worldwide. This extraordinary achievement makes JUKI one of the world’s leading providers of automated assembly products and systems. In addition to its core technologies, JUKI’s Electronic Assembly and Test Systems Division develops and manufactures advanced electronic systems and computer software for data entry, mail processing and other electronic equipment.