Product category: PCB Assembly Equipment and Tools
News Release from: Valor Computerized Systems | Subject: VPlan
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 22 February 2007
Three step process takes
PCBs from CAD to machine
Electronics companies can achieve a quantum leap in efficiency and productivity for their PCB assembly operations in today's highly dynamic manufacturing environment
Valor Computerised Systems has launched vPlan, the next-generation, enterprise-level process engineering solution for electronics assembly. Aimed at manufacturers needing to reduce costs and gain more capacity from current assets, Valor delivers a revolutionary solution for synchronised process engineering in an easy to use package.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 February 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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With vPlan, electronics companies can achieve a quantum leap in efficiency and productivity for their PCB assembly operations, in today's highly dynamic manufacturing environment.
vPlan drives the manufacturing process and is a single solution that delivers a complete, seamless engineering process from CAD to machine, covering SMT, through hole technology (THT) and manual assembly, in three simple steps.
Step one is the definition of the product, involving the creation of a normalised and validated virtual PCA using a lean data model that enables quick-change management, DFx analysis and an optimised assembly process.
Thanks to Valor's unique 'learning-library' feature, it is possible to read or define data just once, and use it multiple times without having to redefine it again.
Step two involves the definition of production resources.
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Virtual machine lines can be easily defined and machine library data can be auto-generated for all machine configurations with the help of Valor's VPL service.
With these capabilities, vPlan practically eliminates one of the most difficult and time consuming tasks - management of the machine libraries.
At step three, manufacturing process definitions (MPD) are generated.
They contain optimised output and documentation for assembly machines and manual work cells, perfectly matched to available resources and to the product model.
'Factories today are being squeezed from all sides, and companies have the daunting task to find ways to stop leaks that drain profit and efficiency from their operations'.
'With true software innovation, Valor's new assembly solution addresses many of the damaging manufacturing pressures all in one go, in a single toolset, across all machines and lines, and faster than ever before', said Ofer Shofman, CEO at Valor Computerised Systems.
'vPlan takes a very different and unique approach compared with other products on the market'.
'It focuses on reducing work in progress and increasing overall equipment effectiveness to ensure the smoothest, optimised manufacturing process flow', said Julian Coates, Vice President of Process Engineering at Valor.
'It delivers a complete comprehensive and synchronised set of manufacturing process definitions (MPD) to the production floor, resulting in right-first-time programs, better first pass yield, much reduced rework and increased long term product quality'.
'In addition to its capabilities as an engineering platform, customers still require an easy to use interface, and Valor developed vPlan with the user firmly in mind'.
With a proven ROI showing that profit on system investment can be achieved as early as three months from implementation, vPlan is set to revolutionise the manufacturing software market with its novel capabilities.
Joining Valor's best-in-class product portfolio, it will support the company's solution-based offering.
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