TAOYUAN, CITY – The TPCA, the Institute for Information Industry and the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research have updated the “Roadmap of Smart Manufacturing Development for Taiwan’s PCB Industry.”

With the framework building on application levels and development milestones, this new roadmap plans the different processes for the development and application of smart manufacturing in the PCB industry.

The framework covers three major aspects: smart equipment, smart production and smart operations. Based on the development process, the framework at each level is divided into linkage (data capture and integration), visualization (data presentation), transparency (data simulation and analysis), prediction (data prediction), and adaptation (decision support and guidance). By locating the competencies required for development at each stage of the process in PCB manufacture with a matrix, the plan aims to achieve the benefits at different terms: visualization of production lines for the short term, smart production for the medium term, and smart operations for the long term.

In addition, the TCPA facilitated the PCB industry to establish three automation intelligence alliances to link the PCBECI into a standard communication interface. It is estimated 24 PCB manufacturers will complete implementing the PCBECI in part of their process equipment in the next couple years. In addition, Zhen Ding Tech, Unimicron Technology and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering are actively assessing PCBECI implementation in their new plants.

 

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