ICCO EMT REPORTS GOOD FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH IFLEX
Veldhoven (Netherlands), 15 November
2011
ICCO EMT is reporting good first experience with Assembléon’s new iFlex
pick & place solution. ICCO EMT represents some of the most important
electronic equipment suppliers in Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine. Its Demo
Center has an NPI (New Product Introduction) and Ramp-up service. ICCO’s
Marius Stepanescu explains how his company likes its new iFlex.
ICCO EMT’s production is diverse and includes automotive, industrial,
medical and mobile electronics. With mainly NPIs and low volume
production, they have orders from five to 1000 boards/month. They also use
many types of components. For example, they need to work with 0201
chips, but also with BGAs, μBGAs, QFCs and large connectors. And they
occasionally need to produce small batches of cutting-edge devices like
Package-on-Package. So they need machines able to cope with this. “We
have long used A-series machines,” Stepanescu responded “and are very happy
with them. So we were eager to see the new iFlex. After working with it, we
are enthusiastic.”
“We particularly like the accuracy of the machines and their scalability –
you can configure the production line based on your real needs and hence
stagger your investment. We also found the machines easy to use. The
software is pretty intuitive and graphics based, so it’s easy for operators
to learn and use in production. Another strong point is the ability
to prepare the changeover of new products offline. The time spent
with NPIs on the production lines is always an issue when organizing
production, because the line isn’t producing during this period and you are
losing money.“
“The inside of iFlex machines is also easily accessible – a great advantage
for both operation and especially maintenance. And, because the
machine requires very limited maintenance, that too is leaving us more time
for production. The flexibility of iFlex and its offline capabilities make
iFlex a perfect fit for our type of high-mix production up to medium
volumes. And in our view, the high speed and scalability of the machine
would also make iFlex suitable right through to low-mix/high-volume.“
