Real-Time Management Information and Control System for PCB Manufacturing (PCB-REALMICS_(TM))

摘要

The manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCBs), a key part of electrical equipment, has been employing surface mounting technology machines and automatic optical inspection machines. However, the manufacturing and quality management processes depend on humans. Toshiba has developed the PCB-REALMICS_(TM) real-time management information and control system for PCB manufacturing, which can manage the shop floor with a minimum number of supervisors and can improve manufacturing efficiency and quality. The new machine interface can connect different vendors' machines using Internet technology, and the visualization of manufacturing information can support PCB manufacturing innovation by kaizen (improvement) experiments.