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CFX Performance Mapping – Methods to Qualify, Validate and Control Acceptable Levels of Flux and Other Residues

The Connected Factory Exchange initiative enables the use of tools, machines, and computer software to monitor, improve, and produce reliable hardware. The concept of the Digital Twin is to .. read more

IPC APEX Secure Data Exchange Between Design And Manufacturing With IPC-2581 (DPMX) and IPC-2591 (CFX)

For many years, the focus of the exchange of design and manufacturing data has been related to the reduction of lead-time in getting products to market, with the reduction of design-turns, e .. read more

The Journey into The Digital Unknown: How Digital Transformation and Connected Factory Are Changing Our Factory Landscape and Our Lessons...

The journey to creating a connected factory can be a scary and arduous task, with some not even knowing where to start. Our roles as engineers supporting the factories have historically been .. read more

MTC Journey to Digitalisation for Smart Factory Using Legacy Equipment

Specialists in IIoT and Industry 4.0 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre have developed the first stage of Europe's first smart factory demonstrator for the manufacture of electronic asse .. read more

Empowering Digital Supply Chain Transformation by Utilizing Industry 4.0, Smart Factories, Standards, Smart Contracts and Blockchains

Companies that place products onto the marketplace, whether they are internally manufactured or sourced from a supply chain, are often faced with ever increasing demands for data from a dive .. read more

AI for Electronics Manufacturing – An Industry 4.0 Architecture and ConditionMonitoring Framework for Printed Circuit Board Assemblies

The key challenge for industry in adopting AI into their manufacturing processes surrounds the accessibility of their data. Many manufacturing industries, especially electronics manufacturin .. read more

SMT Printer Changeover Automation

The Factory of the Future or a Lights out Factory will require significant automation, including many functions that are challenging and are still performed manually due to the complexity an .. read more

The IPC-2551 Digital Twin Standard

One of the most important aspects of the IPC Digital Twin standard, is the enablement of interoperability between many digital twin-based solutions across many facets of the holistic manufac .. read more

A Structured Approach for Providing well-formed Maintenance Data for SMT Machines

Smart Factories require continuous and reliable operation of all equipment. Therefore, equipment maintenance is becoming more and more important. A simple approach for equipment maintenance, .. read more

Implementation of IPC CFX Using Surface Mount Legacy Equipment

The smart factory project for Electronics Manufacturing initiative was developed to create a sandpit to carry out industry 4.0 use cases working with industrial members and partners. The Man .. read more

The IPC CFX Standard as it Applies to Reflow Soldering

The advent of the Industry 4.0 Revolution and Internet of Manufacturing (IoM) has started to yield Smart factories, intelligent machines and networked processes, that have brought us improve .. read more

Interfacing Machines with Manufacturing Software: What Exactly Does It Entail and Is It Worth the Hassle?

With the ascent of Industry 4.0, the urgency of connecting to equipment on a manufacturing line is increasing. This article focuses on the electronics industry and summarizes what that inter .. read more

Industry 4.0 - How we transform a Buzzword into Manufacturing Excellence in Electronics: Case Study for Improving the PCB Print...

The competitive pressures that electronics companies experience today are exceptional, even for an industry accustomed to a relentlessly high rate of innovation. Manufacturers are challenged .. read more

CFX Performance Mapping – Methods to Qualify, Validate and Control Acceptable Levels of Flux and Other Residues

The Connected Factory Exchange initiative enables the use of tools, machines, and computer software to monitor, improve, and produce reliable hardware. The concept of the Digital Twin is to .. read more

IPC APEX Secure Data Exchange Between Design And Manufacturing With IPC-2581 (DPMX) and IPC-2591 (CFX)

For many years, the focus of the exchange of design and manufacturing data has been related to the reduction of lead-time in getting products to market, with the reduction of design-turns, e .. read more

The Journey into The Digital Unknown: How Digital Transformation and Connected Factory Are Changing Our Factory Landscape and Our Lessons...

The journey to creating a connected factory can be a scary and arduous task, with some not even knowing where to start. Our roles as engineers supporting the factories have historically been .. read more

MTC Journey to Digitalisation for Smart Factory Using Legacy Equipment

Specialists in IIoT and Industry 4.0 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre have developed the first stage of Europe's first smart factory demonstrator for the manufacture of electronic asse .. read more

Empowering Digital Supply Chain Transformation by Utilizing Industry 4.0, Smart Factories, Standards, Smart Contracts and Blockchains

Companies that place products onto the marketplace, whether they are internally manufactured or sourced from a supply chain, are often faced with ever increasing demands for data from a dive .. read more

AI for Electronics Manufacturing – An Industry 4.0 Architecture and ConditionMonitoring Framework for Printed Circuit Board Assemblies

The key challenge for industry in adopting AI into their manufacturing processes surrounds the accessibility of their data. Many manufacturing industries, especially electronics manufacturin .. read more

SMT Printer Changeover Automation

The Factory of the Future or a Lights out Factory will require significant automation, including many functions that are challenging and are still performed manually due to the complexity an .. read more

The IPC-2551 Digital Twin Standard

One of the most important aspects of the IPC Digital Twin standard, is the enablement of interoperability between many digital twin-based solutions across many facets of the holistic manufac .. read more

A Structured Approach for Providing well-formed Maintenance Data for SMT Machines

Smart Factories require continuous and reliable operation of all equipment. Therefore, equipment maintenance is becoming more and more important. A simple approach for equipment maintenance, .. read more

Implementation of IPC CFX Using Surface Mount Legacy Equipment

The smart factory project for Electronics Manufacturing initiative was developed to create a sandpit to carry out industry 4.0 use cases working with industrial members and partners. The Man .. read more

The IPC CFX Standard as it Applies to Reflow Soldering

The advent of the Industry 4.0 Revolution and Internet of Manufacturing (IoM) has started to yield Smart factories, intelligent machines and networked processes, that have brought us improve .. read more

Interfacing Machines with Manufacturing Software: What Exactly Does It Entail and Is It Worth the Hassle?

With the ascent of Industry 4.0, the urgency of connecting to equipment on a manufacturing line is increasing. This article focuses on the electronics industry and summarizes what that inter .. read more

Industry 4.0 - How we transform a Buzzword into Manufacturing Excellence in Electronics: Case Study for Improving the PCB Print...

The competitive pressures that electronics companies experience today are exceptional, even for an industry accustomed to a relentlessly high rate of innovation. Manufacturers are challenged .. read more