Successful Productronica 2009:
Preh Ltd. orders SIPLACE placement machines

This year’s Productronica is turning out to be very successful for Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG as indicated not only by the great interest of many industry visitors in the new SIPLACE SX platform, but also by several concrete deals. For example, to the delight of the Portuguese SIPLACE team, the internationally operating Preh Group decided to invest in two SIPLACE machines of the latest type. Preh Ltd., which has its headquarters in Bad Neustadt, Germany, is a very successful developer and manufacturer of complex driver control systems, control devices and assembly systems for the automobile industry.

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Technology leader:
SIPLACE Team receives Global Technology Award for SIPLACE SX

The latest generation of SIPLACE placement solutions impressed not only the visitors, but also the trade journalists at this year’s Productronica, the industry’s leading trade show (Munich Trade Fair Centre, Nov. 10-13, 2009). The jury assembled for Global SMT & Packaging Magazine's coveted Global Technology Award selected SIPLACE and honored the new SIPLACE SX placement platform as the winner for 2009 in the category ‘Pick & Place high volume equipment’. The award is presented for the development of the world’s most important technical innovations by a panel of well-known, independent industry journalists. The SIPLACE SX with its rail-mounted interchangeable gantries and MultiStar CPP head is the world’s first platform that offers consistent capacity-on-demand capabilities, thus giving electronics manufacturers the flexibility they need to scale their production up or down.  

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New: SIPLACE SiCluster Professional –
Setup optimization that’s top-of-the-line

SIPLACE SiCluster Professional is the latest software tool in the family of proven SIPLACE setup optimization systems. It groups components and uses this information to propose optimized setups. The highlight of the new version: for a fixed product spectrum, the software defines so-called constant tables which remain unchanged and in the same position at the placement machine for the entire setup family.

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Capacity-on-demand makes new business models possible:
Buy or rent with flexibility

As the planning horizon gets shorter and shorter in electronics manufacturing, order fluctuations are no longer seasonal, but a permanent component of unpredictability. That is why having a production environment that is able to "breathe" is now more important than ever. "Capacity-on-demand" is the keyword. In the presentation titled "Capacity-on-Demand on the Factory Floor" on November 12 at 3 PM in the SIPLACE In-House Arena, you can find out valuable details about this concept and what solutions SIPLACE is offering to adapt performance and feeder capacity independently.

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Customers learning from customers –
Presentations in the SIPLACE In-House Arena

Today's optimal placement solution is flexible and precisely matched to the customer's needs with its individual combination of hardware, software and service modules. Determining the right combination requires close interaction between the electronics manufacturer and his equipment supplier. The SIPLACE team puts its home field advantage at the Productronica 2009 to good use by offering in its In-House Arena a broad spectrum of presentations by SIPLACE customers who are willing to talk about and share the secrets of their success.

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The alternative to the single-track feeder:
New, more cost-efficient 2x8-mm SIPLACE X feeder

With the new 2x8-mm SIPLACE X feeder, customers now have access to a new member of the SIPLACE family of X feeders. From now on, the cost-effective SIPLACE X dual-track feeder will be the standard feeder for SIPLACE X-Series and SX-Series placement machines. As an alternative, the 8-mm single-track X feeder will continue to be available, a model that is particularly attractive for high-mix production environments.

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SIPLACE SX with "Capacity on Demand": Build-to-Order in SMT production

Good news for the SMT industry from the 2009 Productronica trade show: With its new SIPLACE SX, Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems GmbH & Co.KG (SEAS) is presenting the world’s first placement machine designed for build-to-order processes from the ground up, because its new platform allows users to scale placement performance and feeder capacity independently and in line with requirements.

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Innovations and Build-to-Order workshops: SIPLACE to hold major in-house event during Productronica

During this year’s Productronica (November 10-13), Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG will not only be present at the Munich Trade Fair Centre, but will also welcome interested visitors to a special in-house event at its headquarters location. The SIPLACE team will take this opportunity to interact with visitors and cover its innovations and concepts in even more detail than is possible in the hustle and bustle of a trade show environment.

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New SIPLACE factory based on lean production principles: Production time for placement machines cut by more than half

The SIPLACE Team has reached another milestone in its restructuring program by successfully starting up its new factory in Munich. By taking this step, the industry’s technology leader centralizes the production of its state-of-the-art SIPLACE placement machines immediately adjacent to its development departments. The new factory was designed in accordance with the latest lean production principles. Despite its increased output and significantly more flexible production capacity, the production area takes up less than 20 percent of the previous floor space. At the same time, the lead time from the start of the production to shipping a finished machine could be reduced by more than 60 percent to only ten days.

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Coping with moisture-sensitive devices:
SIPLACE Setup Center now with MSD option

As components get smaller and smaller, managing moisture-sensitive devices and protecting them across the entire supply chain is becoming increasingly important for electronics manufacturers. The goal is to prevent the use of moisture-damaged components at the very start of the SMD process chain. To ensure this, the SIPLACE team offers the new 'SIPLACE MSD Monitoring’ option (monitoring of moisture-sensitive devices).

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