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News Release from: Valor Computerized Systems | Subject: Trilogy 5000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 November 2006
System gets Hitachi ready for production
Valor Computerised Systems has installed its Trilogy 5000 preproduction engineering solution and Valor Parts Library at Hitachi's manufacturing facility in Orleans, France.
Valor Computerised Systems, the leader in productivity-enhancing solutions for the electronics industry, recently installed its Trilogy 5000 preproduction engineering solution and Valor Parts Library (VPL) at Hitachi's manufacturing facility in Orleans (Loiret), France, where the division specialises in assembling complex boards for Hitachi computer product applications This agreement was based on the success of Valor's installations in the US and Japanese operations of Hitachi and provides a common format for these divisions to communicate and share global design and manufacturing data
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Commenting on the deployment of the Valor solutions, Mr Loubat, Project Engineer at Hitachi, said: "Valor already supplies software to other divisions within the Hitachi Group and their manufacturing software systems have delivered significant productivity gains across manufacturing operations - so they were a perfect choice".
"Since the implementation we have seen our processing time for machine programs reduced by 50%".
Hitachi needed to replace their existing machine programming system with a more stable solution backed by excellence in customer support, but wanted to continue using their existing machine library data with the new system, therefore requiring an integrated approach.
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Valor's software automation capabilities fulfilled the required specification providing flexibility and compatibility as well as being supported by a large team with in-depth industry expertise.
"Trilogy 5000 delivers full integration with all other software, retaining all the CAD data with integrity maintained".
"Their advanced scripting capabilities are very powerful and have allowed for a seamless integration", added Loubat.
"We were experiencing problems generating accurate 3D models and mechanical drawings of the PCA to produce tools such as carrier walls, used to cover reflowed soldered SMD parts during wave soldering".
"Now the Valor Parts Library provides us with the required accurate, up-to-date information that eliminates this problem, allowing us to generate accurate 3D tools and mechanical drawings for optimised flow soldering", said Loubat about the VPL product.
"Facing shrinking product lifecycles, Valor has provided Hitachi with a solution using intelligent ODB++ data to improve operational and process efficiencies, and minimise down time", said David Bengal, President of Valor Europe.
"Hitachi has been pleased with the implementation of our systems and anticipates a return on investment that will be significantly shorter than the expected two years".
The Valor Parts Library is an online data service covering over 36 million accurate component geometries, enhancing DFM verification, component placement and PCB preproduction, providing the most accurate part and package data in an interactive, dynamic format.
The VPL is the only parts library that allows users to extract the information needed for accurate cross-correlation of customer provided parts information and vendor information.
Trilogy 5000 is a preproduction engineering solution for NPI, assembly preparation and optimisation, test and factory floor documentation.
Trilogy 5000 engineering for assembly and test eliminates the data problems experienced by most CEMs by integrating all incoming logistical and engineering data into a single database for elegant, efficient preproduction and communication.
Once Trilogy 5000 captures all the relevant data, it is ready to be analysed and optimised for manufacturability and assembly.
Productivity is doubled, component and manufacturing resources are optimised, and the final product is much more reliable.
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