Case Study: EMS company Assel turns to IT solution to reach manufacturing goals
bare board with sticky tape applied so that any position or rotation problem and Jarosław Prolejko. “So I can say that my
they could verify placement positions and instantly output the corrected program vision to out perform the larger tier one
rotations in the machine programs. Not file(s). Now Assel reports that rotation errors competitors is being fulfilled. Already since
only did this slow down the NPI process, on first runs have been COMPLETELY putting Valor in place we have succeeded to
but it also stopped production by using eliminated. take four contracts away from the giants.”
valuable line time. Now with vPlan, Assel
has eliminated all sticky tape runs 100%, success at assel
because the Virtual Sticky Tape function “It is a reality at Assel, now that we have
of vPlan is run offline in Valor’s accurate Valor, our expertise has risen greatly and
simulation environment. This enables the also our engineering productivity and
engineers to both FIND and CORRECT production flexibility,” says Assel CEO,
Figure 3. AG prevents line stops or delays due to missing library data. Figure 4. VST enables 1st run boards are error free.
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