SIPLACE Expands Capabilities of Dual Conveyor for Top-and-Bottom Placement

With the "Borrow Performance” software function, SIPLACE is expanding the capabilities of its dual conveyor and optimizing it for the simultaneous production of PCBs with widely divergent placement contents. Once the feature has been activated on the line, the track with the greater placement requirements can "borrow” unused performance capacity from the neighboring track. That way, "Borrow Performance” balances the tracks’ diverging cycle times, which makes it possible to produce top-and-bottom products or products with primary and secondary boards even more efficiently and flexibly, the company said.

Once the "Borrow Performance” function has been activated, the SIPLACE Pro software automatically optimizes placement programs and setups. When products change, no physical changes on the line are required, because the software handles everything. According to SIPLACE, high volume production environments in the telecom and IT fields will benefit most from the new function. Output improvements of five to ten percent could be achieved in field tests.

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