High Speed Strap Attach Machine
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The HiSAM acronym for High Speed Strap Attach Machine and is attributable to Alien Technology who created the name given to this specialized type high volume RFID inlay production equipment.
The first machine and supporting equipment were purchased and put in use by Alien Technology in May 2005, at an estimated cost of approximately ~$1.2 million USD .[1] This patented equipment is made in Japan and was invented and produced by the process automation engineering company Hallys Corporation.
HiSAM machines are also known as High Speed Rotary Bonders (HRB) and the terms are used interchangeably. The HiSAM/HRB has many unique proprietary features as they are unlike most other flip chip or pick and place types of equipment currently in used in the industry for this type of inlay production. HiSAM/HRB equipment drastically reduce the production and finished cost per RFID Inlay. A single HiSAM/HRB is capable of continuous operation and extremely high speed of 600 inlays per minute, or approximately 320 million annually. This is just over 4x the speed of any other process currently in place to create RFID inlays.
HiSAM/HRB machines include processes for: IC strap handling, Quality Control culling of bad ICs and finished inlays, sorting and bonding ICs with RF antennae to create finished inlays. A single HiSAM/HRB can take the place of 3-4 other machines. The finished RFID inlays then constitute the core functional heart of an RFID tag or transponder.
