ASM Assembly Systems
SIPLACE Press News
Munich, 22 June 2011
SIPLACE Traceability reduces costs and cycle times in electronics production
With SIPLACE Traceability 3.2, ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co.KG (formerly
Siemens Electronic Assembly Systems) releases a new, advanced version of its software
for tracking and tracing SMT modules. SIPLACE Traceability provides electronics
manufacturers with the technological basis for meeting the strict requirements of
customers in demanding growth areas such as the aerospace, automobile and medical
equipment industries. In combination with other software and hardware components,
SIPLACE Traceability checks whether the components about to be placed are approved
for the particular product and records exactly which components were placed on which
module. With the new version, the component cameras on SIPLACE machines read the
1D and 2D barcodes of clusters and PCBs. This eliminates the need for installing
separate barcode readers thus reducing costs and cycle times. The new version offers
additional significant improvements in the way it interacts with manufacturing execution
systems and for archiving and exporting trace data via the OIB interface.
In combination with other components such as SIPLACE Pro, SIPLACE Setup Center and the
station software, the SIPLACE Traceability solution provides a system that ensures maximum
transparency and seamless tracking and tracing of modules and their components in the SMT
placement process. With SIPLACE Traceability, electronics manufacturers can meet even the
toughest requirements of manufacturers and government regulators in terms of identification
and tracing.
When components are set up or refilled, for example, the system checks automatically whether
the components have been approved for the particular product. This even includes advanced
checks like the time for which moisture-sensitive components have been exposed to the
environment. In interaction with MES solutions, clearly defined PCB check-in and check-out
procedures on the lines provide reliable process interlocks to protect the quality of the tracing
data. Using splicing sensors and SIPLACE Setup Center, the software also records and
controls all refill processes on the line.
SIPLACE Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 München
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: -24260
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The component camera on the first SIPLACE placement machine reads the barcodes
The assignment of clusters and PCBs to placement programs and components is managed via
1D and 2D barcodes. The new Version 3.2 eliminates the need for special barcode readers on
the SMT line, because the component camera in the first SIPLACE placement machine reads
the barcodes and passes the information to the other machines (Whispering-down-the-Line). By
eliminating special barcode readers and additional reading processes, the new version of
SIPLACE Traceability reduces reading errors and cycle times as well as costs and downtime.
New version runs on 64-bit systems and features OIB interface
The new version of SIPLACE Traceability can be installed on modern 64-bit computer systems.
SIPLACE Traceability also features significant improvements for exporting and archiving tracing
data. Via the OIB (Operations Information Broker) interface and in the popular XML data format,
the product data can be easily transferred to other databases, archiving systems and to the
customer for use in third-party systems.
“Particularly the high-growth industries with their advanced products face rapidly increasing
demands from manufacturers and government authorities regarding traceability. With SIPLACE
Traceability, we offer our customers the powerful software basis for controlling and documenting
their production processes seamlessly and transparently,” says Hubert Egger, Product
Marketing Manager on the SIPLACE Team, about the new release.
Eliminating the need for additional barcode readers
on the line delivers significant cost benefits.
With SIPLACE Traceability Version 3.2,
the component cameras in the SIPLACE placement machines
are able to read the 1D and 2D barcodes on clusters and PCBs
SIPLACE Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 München
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: -24260
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.siplace.com
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ASM Assembly Systems
At the beginning of 2011, the SIPLACE team (formerly Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems) became
a business unit of ASM Pacific Technology and operates now as ASM Assembly Systems. With its
SIPLACE machines and innovative manufacturing concepts, ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG is
the world’s leading manufacturer of surface mount technology (SMT) placement machines and solutions.
Since its beginnings in 1985, the company has installed almost 25,000 placement machines at over 2,500
customers all over the world. Electronics manufacturers in all industries such as telecommunications,
automotive, IT, consumer electronics and automation use and depend on SIPLACE's broad portfolio of
solutions and services.
For more information about ASM Assembly Systems (SIPLACE), please visit www.siplace.com.
ASM Pacific Technology
As a subsidiary of ASM International based in Almere, Netherlands, ASM Pacific Technology
(ASMPT), Singapore, has developed in only a few years into the world’s leading supplier of chip
assembly, bonding and packaging systems and solutions. The ASMPT Group produces and markets
machines for front-end and back-end chip assembly and semiconductor packaging. The company has
plants in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia, and since January 1, 2011 in Germany. ASMPT
has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1989.
ASMPT is one of the stocks in the Hang Seng HK MidCap Index under the Hang Seng Composite Index,
the Hang Seng Information Technology Industry Index, and the Hang Seng Hong Kong 35 Index.
For more information about ASMPT, please visit www.asmpacific.com
Please direct any reader inquiries to:
ASM Assembly Systems GmbH& Co. KG
Susanne Oswald
E-mail: [email protected]
SIPLACE Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 München
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: -24260
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.siplace.com
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