Title :
Considerations on Low Cost Placement Equipment for Board Assembly
Author :
Olson, Geoff ; Shangguan, Dongkai
Author_Institution :
Flextronics, San Jose
Abstract :
This analysis provides a cost justification for low and mid range priced placement equipment. The main focus of the analysis is on the equipment idle time which exists because of transfer-time for low-component-count applications and setup-time for high-mix applications.
Keywords :
assembling; printed circuit manufacture; production equipment; surface mount technology; PCB; board assembly; cost justification; equipment idle time; high-mix applications; low cost placement equipment; low-component-count applications; printed circuit board; setup-time; Assembly; Cost function; Electronic equipment manufacture; Equations; Manufacturing; Niobium; Printed circuits; Speech synthesis; Throughput; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics Manufacturing and Technology, 31st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Petaling Jaya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0730-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1089-8190
DOI :
10.1109/IEMT.2006.4456435