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Electronics manufacturers are facing increasing challenges as products, technologies, and manufacturing requirements continue to evolve. Whether introducing new technologies, optimizing existing processes, evaluating future manufacturing concepts, or preparing investment decisions, reliable data and practical experience are essential for making informed decisions.
The ASMPT SMT Center of Competence helps manufacturers evaluate and validate technologies, production processes, and manufacturing concepts under realistic production conditions. By combining advanced SMT technologies with extensive process expertise, ASMPT enables customers to make informed decisions before solutions are implemented in production.
The ASMPT SMT Center of Competence is an open global network of SMT experts and realistic manufacturing environments dedicated to electronics manufacturing. It enables customers to simulate SMT processes, evaluate new technologies, validate manufacturing concepts, and assess production processes under conditions that closely reflect their own manufacturing reality. Every manufacturing challenge is unique. Therefore, the ASMPT SMT Center of Competence works closely with customers to analyze specific requirements, evaluate manufacturing challenges, and validate potential solutions under realistic production conditions.
Dogan Cakir, Manager SMT Center of Competence Munich, shares his perspective on common customer challenges and how the Center of Competence helps manufacturers make informed decisions.
In the ASMPT SMT Center of Competence, customers can evaluate their own products and manufacturing requirements under realistic production conditions. Depending on the project objective, key SMT process steps such as printing, inspection, placement, and reflow soldering can be represented in a practical manufacturing environment. This gives customers a better understanding of how individual process steps interact and how materials, components, and process parameters influence manufacturing quality. In addition, they benefit from the process expertise of ASMPT specialists, who support the evaluation of manufacturing requirements and help assess potential solution approaches.
Many projects focus on component-related manufacturing challenges where feeding, handling, pickup, placement, or vision recognition need to be evaluated in more detail. Typical examples include odd-shaped packages that require dedicated feeding and handling concepts, as well as components with specific requirements regarding pickup behavior, placement accuracy, or vision recognition. By evaluating these requirements under realistic production conditions, ASMPT helps customers identify suitable process settings and improve process stability before implementation in production.
The first step is always to evaluate the specific manufacturing requirement and the objective of the request. In many cases, ASMPT service and application teams can support customers directly at the production site. However, when a task requires more extensive testing, process validation, or evaluation under controlled production conditions, the Center of Competence may be involved. The customer coordinates this with the ASMPT account manager. This ensures that the appropriate expertise and manufacturing environment are available for the specific task.
Careful preparation is an essential part of every Center of Competence project. Whenever possible, the customer provides assemblies, materials, component data, and relevant process information in advance. Based on this information, ASMPT experts can prepare equipment, programs, and test conditions before the customer arrives. This allows the time in the Center of Competence to be used specifically for process evaluation, testing, and analysis. The objective is to represent the actual manufacturing process as realistically as possible and generate meaningful results for further assessment.
Customers gain a clearer understanding of how their SMT production processes can be optimized in the areas of printing, inspection, and placement. The project results often provide new perspectives on existing challenges and help evaluate alternative approaches for process stability, manufacturing quality, and production performance. The key benefit is that customers can base their decisions on validated results from a realistic manufacturing environment. By combining ASMPT technology know-how, process expertise, and practical testing, customers can select solutions that match their specific manufacturing requirements.
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For many years, our experts and engineers have worked with other companies to build a strong global network. The goal: optimizing the complex supply and service chains in electronics manufacturing. With a focus on customer benefits as well as results, the ASMPT SMT Solutions partner network has achieved huge improvements in many projects. Our customers benefit from this expertise.
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