-
- News
- Books
Featured Books
- smt007 Magazine
Latest Issues
Current IssueBox Build
One trend is to add box build and final assembly to your product offering. In this issue, we explore the opportunities and risks of adding system assembly to your service portfolio.
IPC APEX EXPO 2024 Pre-show
This month’s issue devotes its pages to a comprehensive preview of the IPC APEX EXPO 2024 event. Whether your role is technical or business, if you're new-to-the-industry or seasoned veteran, you'll find value throughout this program.
Boost Your Sales
Every part of your business can be evaluated as a process, including your sales funnel. Optimizing your selling process requires a coordinated effort between marketing and sales. In this issue, industry experts in marketing and sales offer their best advice on how to boost your sales efforts.
- Articles
- Columns
Search Console
- Links
- Events
||| MENU - smt007 Magazine
ASM and Technica USA Share Smart Factory Expertise at Joint Technology Forum
August 11, 2017 | ASM Assembly SystemsEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Assembly specialists from across the United States recently took part in the ASM–Technica USA Technology Forum, which took place over July 19 and 20 at the Club Auto Sport Event Center and Technica USA's San Jose, California training facility. The workshop, entitled "Industry 4.0: How to Implement the Smart #1 SMT Factory", provided attendees with a broad range of solutions for moving toward Industry 4.0 capability.
"While most assembly specialists understand Industry 4.0 conceptually and some have begun implementing pieces of the automated smart factory, this technology forum provided practical solutions for elevating factory efficiency today, while offering insightful advice on preparing for the next level of digitalization and automation for electronics manufacturing," explains Mark Ogden, ASM's Senior Manager, Regional Marketing Americas.
The two-day, interactive event offered in-depth presentations from ASM and Cogiscan experts on a variety of topics including a high-level overview and definition of the Smart Factory, integration of shop floor systems for improved operational visibility and traceability, efficiency-enhancing material management systems and techniques, and the impact of consumables and tool selection on yield improvement. The presentations were augmented with live equipment, consumables and stencil presentations, allowing attendees a hands-on experience for real-world factory integration.
Guests at the event had the opportunity to work with a DEK Neo Horizon 03iX print platform, SIPLACE SX2 placement machine, DEK VectorGuard stencils, DEK Grid-Lok automatic board support, and take part in a placement and set-up changeover exercise that included NPI and component teach programming, feeder changeover and material stock strategies.
"Seminar participants walked away from the two days with a better understanding of the requirements for implementation of true digitalization," comments Ogden, who opened the seminar with his presentation defining the smart factory. "While achieving an Industry 4.0 level of automation is a longer journey, discussions at the event revolved around material management and stencil technologies that can immediately raise yield and efficiency garnered great interest. In fact, ASM is already engaged with several attendees who are eager to integrate our process support products and material management tools."
Suggested Items
Seeking Employment: Meet Parker Capers
04/18/2024 | Barry Matties, I-Connect007Parker Capers, a cybersecurity professional with a decade of experience in the SMT industry, earned a bachelor’s degree from DeVry and is CompTIA Security Plus certified. He is open to various industries but has a strong affinity for manufacturing due to extensive familiarity. Parker appreciates smaller companies where personal connections matter. Are you hiring?
SEMI Applauds CHIPS Program Office Progress to Diversify U.S. Semiconductor Industry Workforce
04/18/2024 | SEMIThe SEMI Foundation, the arm of SEMI dedicated to supporting economic opportunity for workers and the sustained growth of the microelectronics industry by creating pathways and opportunities for job seekers, applauded strides made by the CHIPS Program Office to diversify the U.S. semiconductor industry workforce and its release of the First Annual Report Regarding the Opportunities and Inclusion Activities Undertaken by the Department of Commerce.
VDMA: Machine Vision Navigating Through Uncertain Times
04/18/2024 | VDMAFor over a decade, the European machine vision industry has reported steady growth, with turnover increasing by an average of 9 percent annually between 2012 and 2022. Despite a temporary setback in 2020 (minus 4 percent) due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry rebounded strongly in 2021 (plus 17 percent) and 2022 (plus 11 percent).
IPC Bestows Posthumous Hall of Fame Award to Industry Icon Michael Ford
04/18/2024 | IPCIPC honored the late Michael Ford, Aegis Software, for his extraordinary contributions to the global electronics manufacturing industry with the IPC Raymond E. Pritchard Hall of Fame Award at IPC APEX EXPO 2024. IPC’s most prestigious honor, the Hall of Fame Award is given to individuals who have provided exceptional service and advancement to IPC and the electronics industry. Ford, an industry leader and valued IPC volunteer, died suddenly in January 2024.
On the Line With... Podcast Talks With Cadence Expert on Manufacturing
04/18/2024 | I-Connect007In “PCB 3.0: A New Design Methodology: Manufacturing” Patrick Davis returns to the podcast to talk about design rules. As design considerations become more and more complex, so, too, do the rulesets designers must abide by.