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Saving Time and Money Through Improved Inventory Management
By Eddy Lin, Owner, Scienscope International Corp.
tion in terms of inventory manage- ment. Meeting deadlines and ensur- ing customer satisfaction can lead to a plethora of unfinished reels, some- times with only a few hundred resis- tors or capacitors left over. Since one cannot be sure if there
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is enough for the next run, these reels get stored in the back of the warehouse. Inevitably, these perfect- ly good components get forgotten the longer they are left unaccounted for. What is the cost of having em-
ployees count these reels? The value of an individual reel might not even be worth the cost of the time an employee would spend counting by hand or with an older reel-to-reel cranking ma- chine. Sometimes the components continue to collect dust in the back of the warehouse, waiting for someone to make a difficult call: either return to stock with an unknown quantity and create the potential for a line stop or scrap the unused parts and accept the lost dollars. Before long, the warehouse is filled with these reels, and the days needed to salvage the leftovers still have not arrived. Sound familiar? This is exactly
what Biamp, a leading provider of professional AV equipment based in Beaverton, Oregon, was experienc-
unning successful SMT pro- duction is becoming an in- creasingly demanding proposi-
ing. Fortunately, the company found a solution — Scienscope’s fully auto- matic X-ray component counter, the AXI 5100c II.
Automated X-Ray Component Counting
“We installed the AXI 5100c II
at our main manufacturing facility and were able to retrieve over $12,000 of scrap components the very same afternoon,” says Nate Holder,
reels per day. We are greatly im- pressed by the machine and have seen 40 percent of our ROI within the first four months.” Around the world, and around
the clock, Biamp manages equipment and delivers immersive AV experi- ences. With professional AV systems installed in more than 100 countries, the company goes beyond making sound intelligible. Its systems make sound resonate clearly and naturally,
dio and video, Biamp’s manufactur- ing process is key. From initial DSP design and engineering development, to prototyping and fabrication, in- depth testing and quality assurance, the company manages everything within its walls. The result is shorter lead times,
faster response and increased con- venience. Constantly providing these is possible only by being efficient and organized at all times. Keeping track of its components helps Biamp meet its goal, which, in turn, helps its cus- tomers be more successful. The AXI 5100c II is an ad-
vanced, automated X-ray component counting system, with an automatic loader and label printer. This fully automatic system communicates with data management to provide complete inventory control and by using an inline integrated conveyor system, reportedly, counts compo- nents faster than any other system. Scienscope was founded nearly
Scienscope’s AXI 5100c II helps Biamp save money, while efficiently counting all parts before returning them to stock.
manufacturing engineer at Biamp. “We’ve since implemented the ma- chine to count all parts before return- ing them to stock — more than 600
for the most effective communica- tions possible. With a goal of delivering, man- aging and enhancing professional au-
25 years ago in Chino, California, to meet the growing need for reliable, general-purpose optical and video in- spection solutions for the electronics and PCB industries. The company began with basic
stereo zoom microscopes used for SMT inspection and rework of circuit boards and electromechanical assem-
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