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YAVNE, ISRAEL – Valor Computerized Systems announced full support and integration of its Trilogy 5000 assembly line automation software with the SIPlace Pro interface used in Siemens' placement systems.
The integration is important because Siemens has close to a 30% market share worldwide in the component placement market.
The integration enables users to optimize their assembly lines, Valor said.
In a statement, Valor executive vice president for marketing and product management Julian Coates said, “The seamless integration between Valor’s Trilogy 5000 advanced assembly line engineering solution and the powerful SIPlace Pro open interface delivers tremendous cost savings to Siemens customers by generating the fastest route from data load to optimized machine program generation. Siemens customers will enjoy reduced NPI cycle time, increased shop floor productivity, and quicker machine programming and set-up times.”
The Valor tool improves CAD/BoM loading, stencil optimization, rotation neutralization, first-rate machine/line optimization and balancing and NPI debug time, among other features, Valor said.
The integration is important because Siemens has close to a 30% market share worldwide in the component placement market.
The integration enables users to optimize their assembly lines, Valor said.
In a statement, Valor executive vice president for marketing and product management Julian Coates said, “The seamless integration between Valor’s Trilogy 5000 advanced assembly line engineering solution and the powerful SIPlace Pro open interface delivers tremendous cost savings to Siemens customers by generating the fastest route from data load to optimized machine program generation. Siemens customers will enjoy reduced NPI cycle time, increased shop floor productivity, and quicker machine programming and set-up times.”
The Valor tool improves CAD/BoM loading, stencil optimization, rotation neutralization, first-rate machine/line optimization and balancing and NPI debug time, among other features, Valor said.
BEIJING -- China has issued its version of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive; the Chinese version was promulgated on Feb. 28 and takes effect March 1, 2007.
An copy of the law in English is available here.
An copy of the law in English is available here.
LONDON -- A survey conducted by the SMART Group during its annual Lead-Free Seminar in February found the
majority of respondents will either not be ready or are uncertain about
meeting requirements by the compliance date. Also, a large number of
companies believe they are exempt from the RoHS Directive.
The top challenges to being noncompliant by July 1 were noted as:
lack of availability of Pb-free components, compliance issues, cost of
stock to support spares, reliability, moisture sensitive devices,
rework and repair.
