Universal Instruments Corporation is an

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technology company located in

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. Universal Instruments builds automated machines that enable

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companies to construct

surface-mount technology Surface-mount technology (SMT), originally called planar mounting, is a method in which the electrical components are mounted directly onto the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB). An electrical component mounted in this manner is referred ...

and

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circuits, such as

SMT placement equipment Surface-mount technology (SMT) component placement systems, commonly called pick-and-place machines or P&Ps, are robotic machines which are used to place surface-mount devices (SMDs) onto a printed circuit board (PCB). They are used for hi ...

, insertion mount machines, and machines for

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. In addition to electronics manufacturing machine, Universal Instruments manufactures DEKA's Luke Arm

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for Mobius Bionics.

History

The company was founded in 1919 as the Universal Instruments and Metal Company in Vestal, New York, and found its initial success as a

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for

IBM International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...

. Universal Instruments Corporation was acquired by Delta Electronics, Inc. in July 2022.

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