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Fuji America Debuts Smart Factory Tech Center
Vernon Hills, IL — Fuji America Corporation has opened a new smart factory technology center at its Vernon Hills, Illinois, facility. A ribbon cutting event was held earlier this year and was attended by 100 guests from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Japan. It included a live demonstra- tion of the company’s Nexim factory control software, which enables machine-to-machine communication that unifies production activities across the entire PCB assem- bly line. Visitors were also treated to a panel discussion on Industry 4.0 hosted by industry leaders, and a first- hand look at Fuji’s industry partner contributions to the smart factory concept. These partners included Koh Young, Speedline, Heller Industries, Flexlink, and Aegis. “The smart factory marks a new era in the automa-
tion of electronics manufacturing,” said Tom Zabkiewicz, Fuji America’s executive vice president. “Our EMS and OEM customers have eagerly received this technology.” The Nexim factory control software is an enterprise-
wide solution for managing programming, scheduling, in- ventory management, and real-time factory analytics, as well as ERP integration. Automation is at the heart of the smart factory concept, as it enables real-time feedback at key process points to achieve higher yields and greater accuracy. According to Tony Picciola, Fuji’s service and software systems manager, the smart factory demon- strates how the electronics manufacturing process can be dramatically improved with advanced machine-to-ma- chine communications, closed-loop feedback between dif-
ferent OEM systems, and collection of data from all parts of the process. The smart factory automates many critical tasks, but it does not eliminate the need for skilled oper-
Cicoil Celebrates 60 Years in Business
Fuji demonstrates a robotic system at the inauguration of its smart factory in Vernon Hills, IL.
ators to monitor the assembly line. The smart factory is currently open and will be used
to continually develop and demonstrate new processes and technologies, such as Google Glass wearables, to Fu-
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Rehm Delivers 4,000th Reflow Soldering System
Blaubeuren-Seissen, Germany — This year, Rehm Thermal Systems marked the 4,000th delivery of its re- flow soldering systems, a VisionXP+, to Diehl Controls in the German city of Wangen im Allgau. Diehl Controls is a manufacturer of electronic com- ponents for the household appliance industry, for hardware and software solutions in the central control units of buildings, and for products in en- ergy management systems. The use of reflow soldering tech-
nology has become increasingly im- portant in electronic manufacturing processes in these projects — Diehl
has used 45 of Rehm’s systems to date at its sites around the world.
ji’s North American customer base. Contact: Fuji America Corp., 171 Corporate Woods
Valencia, CA — Cicoil, a manufactur- er of flexible flat cables, is celebrat- ing its 60th year in business. The company was founded in Chats - worth, California, in 1956 as a provider of multi-conductor cables to the mainframe computer industry. Engineers working at Cicoil devel- oped a system of using liquid silicone rubber to mold a flat cable that con- tained multiple conductors of the same size. The cable was named a ribbon cable. The flat ribbon cable al- lowed companies such as IBM, Sper- ry/Univac and NCR to replace bulky, stiff, round cables with sleek and flex- ible ones. This development con- tributed to the advancement of main- frame computers, card readers, key- punch systems, and paper tape reader machines. In the 1960s, the company’s rib-
The majority of the systems are still in use for production in Germany, China, Poland, and Mexico. The Vi- sionXP+ is currently one of eight Rehm systems used for production at Diehl’s site in Wangen im Allgau. The official handover of the
4,000th system from Rehm took place directly in Diehl’s production hall in Wangen im Allgau. Diehl Controls was one of Rehm’s first ma- jor customers after its founding in 1990 and has remained one of its
strongest partners since. Contact: Rehm Thermal Sys-
tems, LLC, 3080 Northfield Place,
Rehm presents its 4,000th reflow soldering system to Diehl Controls.
Strambino, Italy — Earlier this year, Seica held a technological seminar at the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel. The event was organ- ized by Spider Engineering, a repre- sentative and partner company of Se- ica. The company’s investment in the Israeli market has resulted in the sale and installation of two Pilot line flying probe systems. The 145 guests who attended the
seminar were shown an overview of the latest technological developments in a presentation entitled “Technology Challenges and Test Strategies.” Re- duced accessibility for test, the need to limit and certify the current and volt- age values used during measure- ments, the need for increased perform- ance in frequency measurements, combined with high-density circuits, all pose significant challenges to the conventional functional test tech-
niques that use connectors, and to in- circuit bed-of-nails testing. This trend is amplified by the IoT (Internet of Things) movement which adds 3D components, a mix of electronic, opti- cal and mechanical technologies, as well as new materials, and further complicates the application of conven- tional board testing. Boundary scan technology helps,
but it is far from able to provide a complete solution to the problem. An alternative proposal is to use a flying probe tester, which integrates all of the resources required to provide a complete range of test solutions. Sem- inar attendees saw a series of techno- logical and solution-oriented presen- tations, which were alternated with examples of applications reported by Israeli customers. One of the most popular topics was the potential of vertical flying
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Seica Holds Tech Seminar in Israel
probers and boundary scan test inte- gration. This builds on the concept that flying probe systems provide ex- cellent in-circuit test and can inte- grate all of the features and capabili- ties of a functional tester. In addition to the technical in-
formation, Seica also presented its fi- nancial results from the last year, new strategies of the company con- cerning territorial growth, and fu- ture technical and commercial goals. Particular emphasis was placed
on the global service network provid- ed by the parent company with its subsidiaries, to ensure worldwide,
around-the-clock service. Contact: Seica, Inc., 50A North-
western Drive, Suite 10, Salem, NH 03079 % 603-890-6002-76-78 fax: 603-890-6003 E-mail:
sigillo@seica.com Web:
www.seica-na.com
The founders of Cicoil gather
for a groundbreaking ceremony in 1956.
planes and many demanding missile and land-based applications. To meet the needs of its diverse
customer base, the company devel- oped an extrusion process in 1998, which allowed it to manufacture con- tinuous lengths of flat cable with a clear material called Flexx-sil™. This was a major step from the original flat cable, and the material has creat- ed a variety of high-performance, cost-effective flat cable solutions. The company’s spirit of innova-
tion continues to this day with new technologies, such as EZ-Flexx flat ca- bles, and patented cables that include power, data, liquids, and pneumatics, in one compact package. From cut- ting-edge medical equipment to satel- lites and fighter jets, the cables con- tinue to excel in the toughest, mission-
critical applications. Contact: Cicoil, 24960 Avenue
Tibbitts, Valencia, CA 91355 % 661-295-1295
E-mail:
flatcable@cicoil.com Web:
www.cicoil.com
bon cables helped put men on the moon, and the lightweight cables were integral to the first American orbit of the Earth, the first space- walk in 1965, and the lunar landing of 1969. In the decades that followed, Cicoil’s cables have been in every U.S. fighter jet, most commercial air-
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