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Aegis Industrial Software Corp. (Philadelphia, PA), a supplier of manufacturing productivity systems for electronics assemblers, recently announced that Accutron Inc. (Windsor, CT), a contract electronics manufacturer, has implemented Aegis' new product introduction (NPI) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software. Accutron uses the software to expedite the introduction of new products, deliver paperless instructions to the floor and manage the quality and traceability of its automotive, medical and telecom assemblies.
"Aegis software complements our manufacturing process with a dynamic approach," commented Vijay Faldu, president of Accutron. "Their platform is extremely user friendly and very effective in product tracking throughout our facility. This software has allowed us to achieve an even higher level of process control, which ultimately translates into increased customer satisfaction."
Wanting a single solution spanning the factory office and factory floor, Accutron deployed CircuitCAM, CheckPoint, FUSION iServer, iView, iTrac and iQ to meet the needs of their manufacturing process. These solutions drive computer-aided design (CAD) and bill of materials process, revision management, document delivery to the factory and product tracking and quality analysis in real-time.
KIC (San Diego, CA), a thermal process development and control software provider, has announced that its national sales manager, Marybeth Allen, will speak on the thermal process of low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) at the IMAPS Orange Chapter Dinner Meeting on Feb. 19, 2004.
The speech, "Hot Product In Control — LTCC's Thermal Process," will describe applications for the use of LTCC and explain how these applications are multiplying rapidly. Standard components and other modules for communications, biomedical and automotive are being manufactured in high volume. Most of the world's production is currently done in box furnaces, which could be a lengthy process, adding cost and limiting production throughput. An alternative is the production of these parts in conveyorized furnaces. Allen's speech will discuss the advantages and challenges of moving to a conveyorized firing process. It will also include furnace setup, optimization relative to tight process windows and continuous monitoring of the thermal process to eliminate defects.
Allen's expertise lies within the management of the thermal process. She has 20 years of experience in the electronics assembly industry covering surface mount, thick film and packaging. As Project Manager, she works with manufacturers of equipment and materials for board and package assembly for thermal processes. Additionally, she is a past chapter president of SMTA & IMAPS and has authored various industry papers.
For more information on the meeting, visit www.imaps.org/chapters/orange.htm.
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SofTech Inc. (Tewksbury, MA), a provider of design-through-manufacturing productivity solutions, and Cimmetry Systems (Cambrige, MA), a provider of visualization and collaboration solutions for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets, have announced a partnership. SofTech will license Cimmetry's AutoVue visualization and collaboration technology for its ProductCenter product lifecycle management (PLM) solution.
Integration of the visualization technology will extend the collaboration capabilities of the PLM, enhancing the solution's document management, design integration, configuration control, change management and enterprise integration capabilities for optimizing product development. The PLM users will gain capabilities to view, markup and collaborate in real-time on native product data of virtually any type, including: 3-D CAD parts and assemblies, 2-D CAD drawings, EDA PCB/IC layouts and schematics, scanned and raster documents, vector files, office documents and graphics.
AutoVue allows users to view, markup and collaborate in real time on over 200 native formats including: CATIA, Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics, SolidWorks, Inventor, Solid Edge, JT, AutoCAD, MicroStation, Mechanical Desktop, Cadence Allegro, Mentor Board Station, Orcad, PADS, Microsoft Office, Visio, PDF and TIFF. It is available as a Windows desktop application or a thin-client server based solution.
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