By utilizing the P.O.D.
Calibration Service the following benefits will be realized:
• Reduction of
defects, part waste, and scrap
•
Lower labor costs - less time repairing defects
• Decrease in cycle time
- greater throughput
•
Less “firefighting” as machine will be eliminated
as a variable in the production process
•
Reduce product development time - just import data and
run with no tweaking of
programs
• Increased machine
capability - placements will be more accurate and the
machine will
run
efficiently
•
Through our statistical reporting you will know and be
able to prove the capability of your
machines
to both management and prospective customers
The production efficiency gained by using our service
is considerable. Payback is usually
measured in months, if not weeks.
With the impending regulations for lead-free (pbFree)
electronics manufacturers have either
started lead-free lines or are in the planning stages.
During this transition, process engineers
will need to create a properly optimized and controlled
lead-free process. There are many items
in your process that will need to be altered or controlled
to successfully move to lead-free.
Many manufacturers have noticed a substantial decrease
in the amount of “self alignment” that
takes place during the reflow process with lead-free.
With this change, engineers are now
tightening placement specifications on their SMT process.
With parts getting smaller and the movement to lead-free,
placement accuracy is getting more
critical and tolerances are getting smaller. To achieve
these tighter tolerances, vision
assistance is needed to calibrate your SMT equipment and
reduce the amount of placement
variance to an acceptable level.
With the move toward “Lean Manufacturing”
and the demands for higher utilization numbers
from the equipment, accurate SMT placement is a must.
Machines that have had the P.O.D.
Service performed on them have the ability to run programs
generated from CAD data with no
“tweaking”.
This allows the ability to generate programs and start
production with little
intervention. Programs can also be transferred from line
to line with no changes. With
customers trying to get the most utilization from their
lines, moving programs to other lines has
become necessary.
Of course, there are a multitude of other benefits to
be found by having this kind of statistical
data and analysis performed on your equipment.
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