TLC to Introduce the Summit Gen-5® Mechanical Glass Cutter at SID 2005
Phoenix, Arizona USA, March 16, 2005 - In response to countless requests from the technical glass industry for a larger, high-accuracy singulation tool, TLC International is pleased to announce the introduction of their new TLCSummit Gen-5®technical flat glass cutting machine. Following the overwhelming success of the Gen-3TLC Phoenix-600® high-accuracy mechanical rectilinear/SHAPES glass cutter, the TLC Summit Gen-5® is designed not as a replacement, but as a complement to TLC's current equipment which now commands global recognition for excellence in design, manufacturing and performance.
The small (68" x 94" / 1727 mm x 2388 mm) footprint of the TLC Summit Gen-5® will require far less real estate than comparable equipment with the capacity to process Gen-5 and Gen 5.5 substrates. The unobstructed cutting stage of 46" x 58" / 1160 mm x 1460 mm will provide easy integration into a fully automated production line.
The TLC Summit Gen-5® will have similar multifunctional flexibility, quality and accuracy of the Gen-3 TLC Phoenix-600®, and will also cut single sheet and laminated thin flat substrates into rectilinear, circular and/or curvilinear parts with close precision tolerance. A Windows®-based operating system with seamless interface to AutoCAD® .dxf drawings, integrated with the TLC Summit Gen-5® software, will provide intuitive screens for easy, user-friendly input and simple machine operation.
Unlike other large mechanical glass cutting equipment, TLC's cutting process is quick, clean and dry (no contaminating oil or water), and produces clean afterbreak edge quality. Target setup is instantaneous, with a CCD camera incorporated in the unique TLC rotating cutting head. Repeatable processing of X-Y and shaped FPDs, electrochromic mirrors, dichroic filters, microwindows, heat transfer mirrors, biomed microslides/cover slips, polarizing filters, viewfinders, entertainment lighting gobos, and a myriad of other thin, flat glass/substrate products will be easily achievable with a TLC Summit Gen-5®.
Providing the prototype build is complete, TLC will launch the TLC Summit Gen-5® at the 43rd annual Society for Information Display International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition (SID 2005) in Boston, Massachusetts USA, May 24-26. [Booth 302]
For further information or details, please visit www.tlcinternational.com, call Maribeth V. Linden, VP Global Sales/Marketing at +1 602 866-8208 or e-mail
.
TLC International's Privacy Policy
TLC International does not make public any information regarding
customers, nor do we harvest information from visitors to our Web
site without consent. Only information provided via our on-line
registration form is recorded, and said information is used solely
for customer service purposes.
Friday, 05 December 2008 MST 
Interdict-IT.