| Amada Weld Tech | |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Industrial Equipment |
| Location City: | Monrovia, California |
| Location Country: | USA |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | David Fawcett (President and CEO), Kunio Minejima (COO), Hatsumi Bullard (CFO) |
| Revenue: | US $64 millionConsolidated revenue for parent company, Amada Miyachi Corporation - ¥20 billionConsolidated net sales for parent company, Amada Co., Ltd.* – ¥200 billion |
Amada Weld Tech (stylized as AMADA WELD TECH), a subsidiary of Amada Weld Tech Co., Ltd., designs and manufactures equipment and systems for resistance welding, laser welding, laser marking, laser cutting, laser micro machining, hermetic sealing, micro tig welding, and hot bar reflow soldering and bonding.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Established in 1948, AMADA WELD TECH is headquartered in Monrovia, California, US. The company's equipment is used in numerous industries, chiefly medical, aerospace, automotive, battery production, and electronic component manufacturing.Amada Weld Tech has approximately 200 employees, with 7 sales and manufacturing offices serving about 12,000 customers worldwide. More than 80,000 items are manufactured annually. The company is certified to, China Compulsory Certificate (CCC), European Conformity (CE), and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) quality certifications.
Amada Weld Tech's parent company, Amada Weld Tech Co., Ltd., was founded in 1972 to manufacture and market semiconductor-related measuring instruments and welding control equipment in response to the demand for quality control in the automobile, television, and electronics industries. The company incorporated microprocessors and other electronic devices into its resistance welders to enable high quality precision joining and monitoring and analysis. Its Weld Checkers™ are used worldwide for weld monitoring.[7]
In 1984, the company developed a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser welder that allowed for more precise and micro welding, and this product line became a central component of the company's business, along with resistance welding. In 2006, the company developed the first Yb: fiber laser welder in Japan.
Amada Weld Tech Co., Ltd. has more than 600 employees (consolidated), in 10 sales offices and 2 factories in Japan, and 7 subsidiary companies (Amada Weld Tech Inc., Amada Weld Tech Gmbh, Amada Weld Tech Korea Co., Ltd., Amada Weld Tech Shanghai Co., Ltd., Amada (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Amada Weld Tech India Pvt., Ltd., Amada Weld Tech Taiwan CO., Ltd., and Amada Vietnam Co., Ltd. and 4 factories overseas (China, USA, Germany, Thailand). Annual revenue is ¥20 billion.
Amada Weld Tech is an Amada Group Company. It is headquartered in Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan and develops, manufactures, sells, and services products and systems for metal sheet processing, metal cutting, pressing, and machine tooling. The company was established in 1946 and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (6113:Tokyo). It has 60 subsidiaries (17 in Japan and 43 overseas) and more than 7000 employees worldwide. Annual revenue exceeds ¥200 billion.
Amada Weld Tech specializes in the design and manufacture of welding, marking, cutting and bonding equipment, as well as automated systems. Major products include:
Amada Weld Tech currently offers seven different technologies, which the company combines to create end-to-end assembly joining solutions to facilitate reliable and repeatable welding. A few of the key application areas include:
Amada Weld Tech has been awarded numerous patents for its resistance and laser welding inventions, over the period 1971 through the present, including the following:[8]
| Name of Invention | Number | Date of Patent | Assignee | Inventor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wire Bonder | 3,601,304 | 24-Aug-71 | Unitek Corp | Momtar Nasshi Mansour | |
| Arm Assembly for Bonding Apparatus | 3,664,567 | 23-May-72 | Unitek Corp | Joseph Laub | |
| Pulsed Heat Eutectic Bonder | 3,790,738 | 5-Feb-74 | Unitek Corp | Joseph Laub & Jenkins Griffith | |
| Pulse Heated Thermocompression Bonding Apparatus | 3,891,822 | 24-Jun-75 | Unitek Corp | Joseph Laub & John F. Hurst | |
| Bonding Apparatus Utilizing Pivotally Mounted Bounding Arm | 3,940,047 | 24-Feb-76 | Unitek Corp | Joseph Laub | |
| Voltage Regulated Capacitive Discharge Welding Power Supply | 4,228,340 | 14-Oct-80 | Unitek Corp | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Direct Current Pulse | 4,564,735 | 14-Jan-86 | Unitek Corp | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Weld resistance Measuring Apparatus for a Spot Welder | 4,639,569 | 27-Jan-87 | Unitek Corp | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Titiable Electric Thermode for Multiple Connection Reflow Soldering | 4,871,899 | 3-Oct-89 | Unitek Corp | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Weld Quality | 5,081,092 | 14-Jan-92 | Unitek Equipment | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Motorized Weld Head | 5,225,647 | 6-Jul-93 | Unitek Equipment | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Fast Response Weld Head | 5,386,092 | 31-Jan-95 | Unitek Equipment | Gerald Dufrenne | |
| Method and Apparatus for Automatically Adjusting Air Pressure in a Pneumatic Weld Head | 5,954,976 | 21-Sep-99 | Unitek Miyachi | Talal M. Al-Nabulsi | |
| Reflow Soldering Self-Aligning Fixture | 6,047,875 | 11-Apr-00 | Unitek Miyachi | Talal M. Al-Nabulsi | |
| Reflow Soldering Self-Aligning Fixture | US 6,047,875 B1 | 5-Jun-01 | Unitek Corp | Talal M. Al-Nabulsi | |
| Method and Apparatus for Automatically Adjusting Air Pressure in a Pneumatic Weld Head | US 6,294,750 B1 | 25-Sep-01 | Unitek Miyachi | Talal M. Al-Nabulsi | |
| Laser Weld Monitor | US 6,670,574 B1 | 30-Dec-03 | Unitek Miyachi | Gregory Bates & Girish Kelkar | |
| Green Welding Laser | US 7,088,749 B2 | 8-Aug-06 | Miyachi Unitek | Shinichi Nakayama, Girish Kelkar & Gregory Bates | |
| Laser Weld Monitor | US 7,129,438 B1 | 31-Oct-06 | Unitek Miyachi | Gregory Bates & Girish Kelkar |