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Citation
(2005), "DEK machines add interface to Aegis CircuitCAM and Monitor", Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, Vol. 17 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ssmt.2005.21917aab.014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
DEK machines add interface to Aegis CircuitCAM and Monitor
DEK machines add interface to Aegis CircuitCAM™ and Monitor™
Keywords: Electronics industry, Manufacturing
DEK has completed development of machine interfaces to NPI and MES software tools from Aegis Industrial Software Corporation, allowing manufacturing and process engineers using DEK screen printing platforms to maximise machine uptime, improve process monitoring and reduce operator mean time to assist (MTTA) from within the Aegis system.
DEK screen printing platforms are now able to communicate using the Aegis xLink protocol, allowing users of Aegis' system to reduce machine programming time for through-hole and surface mount production, inspection, and process machine interfaces using CircuitCAM™, and to benefit from browser-based remote monitoring using iMonitor™. The two utilities are part of Aegis' software for managing manufacturing information, which encompasses all manufacturing activities from new product introduction (NPI) to monitoring and optimising production.
CircuitCAM allows manufacturing and process engineers to quickly create machine programs from CAD design information, working offline to maximise machine uptime. CircuitCAM also enables generation of rich process routing, visual assembly documentation and reports from the input CAD information. Adding machine program generation and optimisation interfaces for DEK screen printing platforms has extended CircuitCAM's appeal as a line-level system for the large numbers of installed assembly lines that use DEK pre-placement equipment.
iMonitor collects, analyses, and archives real time data from the screen printer, as well as downstream assembly and test equipment, leveraging Aegis xLink technology and IPC CAMX factory data standards. This information may then be used to improve quality and throughput, detect and react to problems before they escalate, analyse and prioritise problems for optimal corrective action, and to inform continuous improvement activities.
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