Production Control Tools aid PCB tracking and tracing.
November 28, 2008 -
Suited for SMEs, ProcessWatch(TM) enables manufacturers to trace boards and record events throughout assembly process as well as keep track of associated consumables, stencils, and tooling. Real-time production control capabilities offer benefits such as materials aging, event alerts, and being able to check stencil/board/tooling compatibilities. Users can also follow consumables as well as individual board batches and record all events during production.
(Archive News Story - Products mentioned in this Archive News Story may or may not be available from the manufacturer.)
Original Press release
Novatec EAP
350 Avenue d'Italie, F-82 000
Montauban, ,
France
Novatec Offers Sophisticated PCBA Traceability to SMEs
Novatec, the assembly process specialist responsible for numerous globally recognized inventions has announced the release of ProcessWatchTM an innovative approach to production process traceability.
ProcessWatchTM is a new suite of production control tools offering track and trace capabilities to small and medium sized enterprises for whom the capability has typically been out of practical reach due to the cost and implementation issues associated with factory-wide software alternatives. ProcessWatch enables manufacturers to trace boards and record events throughout the assembly process and keep track of associated consumables, stencils and tooling. Its real time production control capabilities offer benefits to operators, process engineers and quality control managers alike, including stencil/board/tooling compatibilities, materials aging, events alerts, and much more. (www.novatec-eap.com )
Follow individual board batches and record all the events during production
o Track stencils and be alerted about the usage, the cleaning requirements and the design revisions and obsolescence
o Follow consumables (solder pastes, adhesives)
o Check the Board/Consumable/Stencil compatibility
o Print a report covering a specific production batch
o Trace individual boards and review the conditions under which each has been produced
About Novatec
Novatec EAP is a research company that develops new technologies for the electronic assembly industry. Founded in 1995 Novatec has patented and licensed numerous renowned inventions, including the ProFlow and RheoPump enclosed print heads, VacuNest shape memory tooling, Varidot/PumpPrint adhesive imaging and direct sphere transfer process for ball grid array manufacturing.
Novatec Contact
Clement Kaiser
Novatec
350 Avenue d'Italie,
ZA albasud,
F-82 000 Montauban , France
Tel: +33 (0)5 63 23 04 00
Email: novatec@novatec-eap.com
www.novatec-eap.com
Protean Marketing Contact
Helena Osborn
Unit 1, Cutbush Court
Danehill
Lower Earley
Reading, RG6 4UW
UK
Tel: +44 1189 759880
Email: helena.osborn@protean.co.uk
www.proteanmarketing.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 
