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Machine Capability Testing Helps IPC-9850 Compliance
July 13, 2005 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
HUDSON, N.H. — Machine capability analysis (MCA) testing helps pick-and-place equipment manufacturers and users comply with the new IPC-9850 performance standard, according to Michael Sivigny, CeTaQ Americas' general manager. MCA testing, a third-party, objective evaluation methodology, uses special vision algorithms, highly accurate glass plates and components for independently measuring Cp and Cpk indices on production equipment. Comprehensive certification reports are said to validate performance, allowing users to improve product quality and optimize performance for increased manufacturing profitability.
The IPC-9850 document standardizes the parameters, measurement procedures and the methodologies used for specifying, evaluating and verifying assembly equipment characterization parameters. The ANSI-approved standard also establishes the procedures to characterize and document machine placement capability of surface mount assembly equipment, while maintaining a placement-accuracy-to-placement-speed relationship.
"CeTaQ machine capability analysis lets the user know if a machine is performing to manufacturer's performance specifications, a key element in IPC-9850 compliance," according to Sivigny. "If the machine isn't performing to specifications, the user or manufacturer can use the information generated by the evaluation to correct offsets and bring the machine to its best possible performance condition."
Sivigny adds that IPC-9850 is more of a machine-to-machine characterization comparison not designed for optimum performance optimization. "A CeTaQ machine capability analysis, conversely, is a true indicator of performance capability, and a major tool for the equipment owner seeking real compliance with IPC-9850," he says. CeTaQ can also perform the IPC-9850 characterization standard on all manufacturers of placement equipment in the user's facility with CeTaQ's mobile system and service.