At a glance
| Booth | Q5258 |
| Country | TW |
| Website | www.castec.com.tw |
Company profile
CASTEC INTERNATIONAL CORP. was founded in March 2005 and specializes in equipment manufacturing, with its work centered on the development, design, and manufacture of automation equipment. The company states that it has an R&D engineering team supporting its automation-equipment development and manufacturing activities. Its product applications cover traditional manufacturing, hospitals, semiconductor, footwear, and bio-technology, placing its automation work across industrial, healthcare, semiconductor, footwear, and biotechnology environments. Products are customized according to customer requirements, with the stated purpose of maximizing both output and yield for the customer's production requirements. CASTEC INTERNATIONAL CORP. describes itself as one of the best performing suppliers in Taiwan and states that its operations are stable and growing, with profit increasing over the years. The company also states that it values every employee and provides a good working environment together with space for employees to learn and grow.
Exhibits
The solution lineup includes Mobile Cobot solutions, AMR solutions, line-side warehouse solutions, CIM system solutions, automated warehousing solutions, custom equipment development, and custom system integration. The i-Operator lineup includes Model: iO-5 and Model: iO-10, together with iTS-JEDEC Tray, iTS-Magazine, iTS-Open cassette, iTS-SMIF Pods, iTS-FOUP/FOSB, and iTS-Frame cassette models. i-Operator(Model: iO-5) imitates the way factory operators load, unload, and replenish production equipment by integrating a Mobile robot with a Cobot collaborative robotic arm into a semi-humanoid robot for bionic-style operations. For semiconductor wafer-carrier handling, i-Operator works with dedicated grippers and rack configurations to handle Reticle POD, Open Cassette, SMIF, FOUP, FOSB, Frame Cassette, Magazine, JEDEC Tray, and Shipping Box formats. The system supports automatic map navigation and route planning without requiring magnetic tracks, and it can dynamically plan travel routes during operation. When an obstacle blocks the planned travel route, the robot can avoid the obstacle and automatically plan an alternative route rather than remaining dependent on the original path. Its wafer-carrier safety-detection and protection mechanisms include E84, safety light curtains, vertical laser, low-position laser, rear laser, and gripper sensing. Robot status can be monitored remotely, and the platform includes an automatic charging function for continued mobile operation. Optional communications include WiFi, 4G Lte, and 5G, while optional identification functions include RFID and Bar Code Reader. The robot arm has a maximum payload of 5kg excluding the gripper and can be paired with Reticle POD or JEDEC Tray grippers and racks. Charging time is specified as 40min from 20% to 100%, and an optional automatic battery exchange station is specified with a 2min battery-change time. i-Operator(Model: iO-5) is stated to comply with the SEMI S2 equipment standard for environmental and safety requirements applicable to semiconductor manufacturing equipment. CASTEC INTERNATIONAL CORP. states that final specifications are governed by the specification document in the actual contract, so configured equipment details depend on the contracted system requirements.
Capabilities and products
- Mobile Cobot solutions
- AMR solutions
- line-side warehouse solutions
- CIM system solutions
- automated warehousing solutions
- custom automation equipment development
- custom automation system integration
- automated handling of Reticle POD/FOUP/FOSB carriers
- trackless autonomous navigation transport
- robot remote monitoring
- robot automatic charging