Guide to Automated Production Lines

Factory automation streamlines microelectronic assembly and improves efficiency with precise control, reduced variation and errors.

Factory automation is a cost-effective and resource-efficient solution for many complex microelectronic assembly challenges. Factory automation offers improved throughput and yield, often attributed to the reduction of direct employee contact with the assembly process. Precision robotic control combined with automated production line data monitoring reduces process variation and virtually eliminates assembly errors. Identification and tracking of assembly processes, materials, and production quality improve overall facility efficiency.

Automated assembly lines are not a new concept. For some, the term conjures up memories of pictures or videos shown in grade school about the Industrial Revolution or Henry Ford’s Model-T lines. For many in the semiconductor industry, especially in-factory employees, witnessing lines of equipment producing everything imaginable to a consumer-driven market is a common sight.