New issue of SIPLACE SMT Insights Concise information about progressive setup concepts

The SIPLACE experts explain the various concepts along with their most effective applications and their respective requirements in terms of hardware, software and organizational structure. The new SMT Insights issue titled Progressive Setup Concepts for Modern Electronics Production can be ordered over the Internet at siplace.com free of charge.


The latest issue of SMT Insights presents an overview of today’s diverse spectrum of setup concepts. The reader learns that classic concepts like fixed setups or optimized family setups have long been enhanced by modern concepts like floating setups, intelligent hot-swapping of individual feeders, constant component tables and block-wise or side-wise setups. Special software tools help operators organize and execute setup changeovers efficiently, while modern feeders indicate visually whether they are no longer needed for upcoming production jobs and hence, can be dismantled. The Random Setup Model provides a totally new degree of freedom, because the line staff can position new feeders in any open slots while the placement program makes all necessary adjustments. The purpose of these innovations is to make highly efficient, extremely fast or even non-stop setup changeovers possible in order to keep the line productivity up by avoiding unnecessarily long line stops, particularly in high-mix production environments. SIPLACE’s Progressive Setup Concepts for Modern Electronics Production brochure goes beyond describing these concepts: it lists specific applications as well as the requirements which must be met in terms of hardware, software and organizational structure.

The only way to achieve the kind of flexibility we need today is with modern setup concepts. Production concepts like Random Setup or the block-wise setup for SIPLACE lines with dual conveyors deliver double-digit productivity gains while making the entire production process a lot calmer and more reliable. Our new brochure provides orientation and a concise look at these process innovations, says Thomas Hüttl, SIPLACE Product Marketing Manager.

The new SMT Insights issue can be ordered via the Internet at siplace.com at no charge. Other issues from the SMT Insights series, including topics like importing data for irregular BGAs, 01005 process technology or the role of vision technologies in SMT production are also available.