GKG Asia Pte Ltd, a leading supplier of fully automatic vision printers, and Juki Automation Systems (JAS), Inc., a world-leading provider of automated assembly products and systems and part of Juki Corporation, today announced that they won a 2014 NPI Award in the category of Screen / Stencil Printing for the Fully Automatic Screen Printer. The award was presented to the companies during a Tuesday, March 25, 2014 ceremony that took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO.

The popular GL Fully Automatic Screen Printer is designed for printed circuit boards (PCB) with a maximum size of 510 x 510 mm. The printer comes standard with many advanced features such as Automated 2D paste inspection, Stencil Position Memory (SPM), auto PCB thickness adjustment, a combination of top/side PCB clamping function and bottom-side PCB support pins locating guidance system.

Additionally, the GL features a rigid and stable machine body base structure to perform accurate paste printing for 01005 components. The printer provides numerous benefits to users including a core cycle time of less than 8.5 seconds, and intuitive operation for quick and easy model changeover.

Premiering in 2008, the NPI 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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