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tremendous flexibility in a single high-speed head and a multifunction head. The system features two quick?change feeder bases that accom- modate tape and stick feeders or a quick-change tray unit with tape feed- ers. It also offers the industry’s first “Overdrive Control System” whereby both heads can pick from each other’s component supply and place compo- nents on the same board simultane- ously and without restriction. Although the performance is
impressive, Suchko emphasizes that service is often as important as the equipment: “Tom Simpson and his team gave us excellent serv- ice.” He added: “They did the install for us on the original line and all preventive mainte- nance (PM) for all those years and they are great. When Hitachi came on board, the service was kept at an excellent level. We still needed a price and Hitachi worked with us and made us a good deal so we upped our budget a bit and went for the G5. I said back then: you don’t buy the product, you buy the company. Elec - tronics manufacturing is a crit- ical business and we supply critical customers so we can’t ‘be down’.”
Their First Sigma G5 Since the first Sigma G5 system
was installed and brought on line, Suchko and his colleagues have been amazed that the system has been so reliable. Suchko notes: “It just keeps cranking out boards, and no one even has to stand next to it. It will run until it’s out of parts and that’s pret- ty much it. We know that our main line (3000/5000) is now at a pretty vintage age even though it is pound- ing out beautiful boards, so we had to look for what machine would replace it. We liked the G5 so much that we knew that we could not go wrong with another; only this model is the G5S. We are expecting more happy
times with this machine too.” The new G5S system has a sim-
plified feeder system for the cutter and with the capability of picking from interchangeable feed points. According to Suchko, this means that their “dual-board” builds should go even better. With the installation of the new G5S system, ECU has four (4) “serious” Hitachi-cared-for ma - chines on their production floor. As Suchko explains: “That should put us up way over 125,000 aggregate parts per hour.” He points out that the Sigma G5S system runs tirelessly
Diane LeDoux (in purple on left) and
Susan Suchko — wife of Adam Suchko, quoted in the article — check mounter operations.
through product quickly and effi- ciently, allowing simple scheduling of board runs as short as 25 pieces with the capability to then switch to a lot with 500 pieces in just a minute or two. He said that he appreciates the speed and flexibility in switching between jobs, where the conveyors quickly move to new board widths and “off it goes on the next run.” He adds: “We run boards less than 3-in. wide on the conveyor to eliminate board separation later and the G5 handles them beautifully.”
Replacing Older Equipment Suchko confides that “Our new
Sigma G5S will replace our older 3000/5000 line.” He adds: “It’s hard to believe that a G5S can replace a machine that is about 30 feet long, but it will and we know it. We are going to use the space to add more production lines for our ‘after SMT’ board operations. With this machine, we will increase our feeder diversity also so we can run a huge mix of products without ever touching a change-out cart.” Suchko emphasizes that ECU’s
product mix is all their own, manu- facturing only for themselves and their product line designs. This allows them to optimize their prod- uct designs to their production equip- ment for highest yields and product quality. He notes: “Ease of use is the top advantage in my book. Yes, it makes great boards, but
the
ergonomics of handing the feeders, changing programs and simple trou- ble-shooting on a bad fiducial read for instance is very much simplified. Nobody can remember everything anymore, so having a ma chine that can walk you through, essentially, is a real advantage.” He adds: “Operations Screens are well done and intuitive. Many processes can be done right at the screen. The pro- gramming software is superb. We used the old version and though it
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