With its focus on "Keep the line running", this course is particularly useful for experienced SIPLACE users. During the 3-day seminar, participants enhance their knowledge of pickup and placement processes and learn how to troubleshoot problems; they also familiarize themselves with vision processes and integrated vacuum controls in order to ensure maximum equipment productivity in the future. Participants who completed the course were particularly impressed by the immediate learning effect. Before the course was over, they were able to reduce DPM rates, improve the placement quality and raise the machine and line utilization rate in their SMT production process.
 
As part of the course, PCBs are processed on the SIPLACE machine, and common production errors are simulated. Special attention is paid to analyzing the performance and availability data, which the students then use to optimize their machines.
 
The new course enhances the students’ knowledge of pickup and placement processes and teaches them to conduct error analyses, fix errors and prevent similar problems in the future. They also gain deep insights into integrated machine vacuum controls and the functionality of vision processes, which enables them to take advantage of these tools to improve their production output. They practice working with the SIPLACE OIS (Operator Information System) and learn how to analyze the data delivered by this system efficiently and effectively.