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News Release from: Dima SMT Systems NL | Subject: Production Optimisation Software
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 July 2005
Software puts pick and
place to the fore
Dima SMT Systems has developed a software package of a type so far only available from a few suppliers of high end pick and place machines
The new package combines all the things a flexible production environment might require, from CAD data conversion to monitoring production information and from production preparation to production management - even warehouse/stock database and batch traceability. Today a pick-and-place machine that effectively uses all its available input to optimise the total production throughput will guarantee an efficient and high quality production environment.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 July 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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When starting SMT production the first thing to consider is the design of a PCB board.
Today's boards are designed with one of the many CAD programs.
The CAD data contain the exact placement co-ordinates for the components on the board.
It would therefore be ideal to use the CAD data on a pick and place machine.
One of the Dima software tools is a generic post processor that can convert not just one format, but any CAD file into a file that the Dima pick and place machine can use for the placement of components.
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This eliminates the time consuming manual teaching of a board and increases the accuracy level.
Before SMT production can start components have to be bought, and they arrive at the warehouse.
In order to keep track of where the components are and how many of them still are available, Dima offers a stock database software that enables users to follow every component through a facility from the warehouse to the pick and place machine and back to the warehouse and all intermediate positions you can think of.
Furthermore it will collect the latest quantity status of the component in order for you not only to know where your components are, but even to know how many of them are still available.
With this you generate a failure free component registration.
In an SMT production line machine downtime is a necessity because of the need to changeover in production.
However it should be kept to a minimum.
To make the production changeover as effective as possible the operator needs to be very experienced, or needs some help with receiving all necessary information.
The Dima Production Optimisation Software therefore will provide the operator with information about which components and tools are needed for a certain production run.
It even supplies an optimal feeder setup plan for one or several boards in order to achieve the fastest possible production rate.
Monitoring the production can be pretty difficult especially in pick and place machines with multiple pick up heads.
The Dima software however takes care of the detection and registration of every possible interruption or failure during production.
Finally the Dima Production Optimisation Software can even trace back each single component on every board produced.
This is better know as full batch traceability.
It means that if, for instance, a failure is detected in a specific component after 7 months it is easy to trace back on which board and at which location on the board this specific component is being placed.
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