When first encountering alignment platform products, engineers often consult us about their working principles and product introduction. Next, Kaifu will explain: Alignment platforms originated in Germany, using pins to move a frame with a magnetic switch, allowing the stationary glass above to align with the frame below. In Japan, this was renamed the UVW platform, named after the three-dimensional UVW of electricity. Engineers then scaled it down and significantly reduced its height, creating the commonly seen XXY type alignment platform we see today. The original magnetic switch has also evolved into a single module assembled with guide rails or even cross guide rails, and high-precision alignment platforms driven by three-axis or even four-axis motors.
Therefore, currently, the alignment platforms developed and manufactured in Germany and Japan have relatively higher precision. There are also some companies in Taiwan and mainland my country that conduct research and development in this field. Since its establishment in 2008, Kaifu Technology has been actively recruiting talent in this industry, introducing and absorbing technical and talent teams from Japan and Taiwan, continuously breaking through technical bottlenecks, and after a decade of dedicated effort, has developed and customized batches of XXY alignment platform products for domestic customers. Currently, some of our customers refer to them as XXY planar robots or XXY alignment platforms, which are essentially the XXY alignment platforms we see today.
Alignment Platform Product Introduction: An alignment platform utilizes XY-axis moving units combined with a minute θ-angle steering to achieve the alignment of two workpieces. It is most commonly used in high-precision industries such as panel bonding, PCB exposure, and semiconductors. Even the production equipment for the Apple iPhones we use daily employs XXY alignment platforms.
XXY Alignment Platform Structure Introduction: It consists of two X-axis electric modules, one Y-axis electric module, and a free axis module. The XXY alignment platform can generate a minute rotation of angle θ when the XX and Y axes move simultaneously using the turntable installed in each axis module, with extremely high precision.
Alignment platforms emerged to address various problems arising from manual processes, such as high yield requirements, significantly increased production speeds, and precision levels unattainable by humans. They are becoming indispensable for highly automated industries in the future. Currently, alignment platforms are primarily used in industries with high-speed, high-precision requirements, such as wafer dicing and packaging testing in the semiconductor industry, exposure machines, screen printers, laminators, and pressing machines in the PCB manufacturing industry, PCB board cutting, mobile phone manufacturing, LCD/LED panel manufacturing, and solar panel silver wire printing in the solar energy industry. These industries are merely pioneers in the use of alignment platforms; with the accelerating trend of automation, more automated production lines will utilize alignment platforms in the future.
