Electronics Manufacturer Macro EMS Introduces Valor Process Preparation for Process Preparation

2021: Implementation of Valor Process Preparation

Siemens Digital Industries Software and Macro EMS, a contract electronics manufacturer in the Macro Group Group of Companies, agreed to cooperate in the preparation and management of electronics production based on Opcenter Execution Electronics technology (formerly Camstar Electronics Suite and Valor). This became known on July 16, 2021.

At the first stage of interaction, MACRO EMS introduced Valor Process Preparation for technological preparation of production. This solution significantly reduces the processing time of initial data from the customer and the transfer of orders to production, ensures the placement of new products for production on the first attempt and minimizes the simple equipment of SMT lines during reassignment.

Valor Process Preparation creates a digital double of the product based on the initial design data, as well as a digital double of the production processes of the product, including installation, melting, testing, etc., which allows you to identify potential errors and manufacturing problems at the stage of preparation. The data source for Valor Process Preparation can be CAD files: ODB++, Gerber, P-CAD, Altium-Designer, Cadence Allegro and others, as well as BOM and PNP.

To verify the project, the system provides many tools: specification checks, chassis checks using the Valor Parts Library (more than 30 million items, data are constantly updated), collection analysis - DFA, testability analysis - DFT, Virtual Sticky Tape, template design and much more. Reporting on all types of checks makes it easier to interact with customers on found inconsistencies in the source data.

One of the key functions of Valor Process Preparation is to create control programs for all types of equipment of various manufacturers. Development is carried out in a single interface and based on a single library of component enclosures with up-to-date data. This significantly increases the production preparation rate. In addition, Valor Process Preparation allows you to easily transfer programs with the equipment of one manufacturer to the equipment of another, which greatly facilitates the process of starting new orders and rescheduling repeated orders.

Unfortunately, not all customers follow the rules for developing printed circuit boards, "says Alexander Kataev, director of automation at Macro Group. - This leads to an increase in the period of documentation development by engineers and technologists, causes errors in the assembly process, which requires additional technological operations. In the end, all this increases the cost of products and the timing of their production. How well the printed circuit board is designed directly affects the level of delivery of products from the first presentation, which, in turn, affects the amount of small internal repairs. Valor Process Preparation avoids this - the solution greatly simplifies and accelerates DFx analysis, specification verification, stencil preparation, equipment programming, and assembly documentation. In particular, the process of writing programs for machines is reduced by two to three times. Valor Process Preparation combines all production and engineering processes into a single centralized database and provides control over the changes made and versivity of product documentation.

Valor Process Preparation is a pre-production tool that is quickly implemented and pays off as soon as possible. This is extremely important for contract electronics production, where work is carried out in conditions of high competition and low margin, "said Dmitry Sobyanin, head of Siemens the Digital Industries Software industry group. - Siemens customers who have implemented this solution note a significant acceleration of production preparation and a decrease in equipment downtime, which ultimately allows them to outstrip competitors. Moreover, the implementation of Valor Process Preparation is an ideal first step towards the implementation of a full-featured MES system, since it provides the correct data for production management. We believe that the introduction of Valor Process Preparation will allow Macro Group to consolidate its market position Russian in terms of speed, quality and cost of execution of orders, as well as successfully compete with contract electronics manufacturers in. To Europe