Tecnomatix, Orbotech Join Forces on Quality Management Software
Tecnomatix Technologies, Inc. (Herzliya, Israel) and Orbotech, Ltd. (Yavne, Israel), have agreed to jointly develop and market quality management software solution for the electronics assembly manufacturing process.
The solution, which couples the Tecnomatix eMPower PCB Quality software and Orbotech's QPC Quality Process Control package, will serve as a single information source for production quality management. Benefits to users will be the real-time collection of process information that is generated by Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) equipment as well as the analysis of that data to identify defects and trends that may indicate future manufacturing problems.
Developing a product that incorporates the use of AOI equipment with a shopfloor manufacturing application "to offer an integrated process control solution is new and innovative," according to Ronen Zexer, corporate vice president of electronics assembly at Orbotech. "We are very pleased to be partnering with Tecnomatix, a recognized industry leader, on this breakthrough concept in quality management. With this solution, the benefits of today's inspection and process control capabilities will move to an entirely new level by migrating from detection of problems to prevention. This provides real value for our customers."
"We are pleased to partner with an industry leader like Orbotech in the Automated Optical Inspection field," added Harel Beit-On, president and CEO of Tecnomatix. "This enables us to extend our ability to capture manufacturing data beyond traditional testing, which includes in-circuit, functional and manual testing, to include AOI data. The combination of Orbotech's ability to capture in-process inspection information and perform trend analysis, and our ability to collect, analyze, and distribute this information across the enterprise with appropriate warnings, gives our customers unparalleled capabilities to take corrective action in real time. This partnership further demonstrates our commitment to expand our shopfloor execution system product offering."
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. provides e-Manufacturing solutions that develop, communicate and operate optimal manufacturing processes across the extended enterprise in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, PCB, and heavy equipment industries.
Orbotech, Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets automated optical inspection (AOI) systems used in the manufacture of PCBs and FPDs as well as imaging solutions for PCB production and AOI systems for electronics assembly industry.
Edited by Nancy Katz