Valor announces vPlan – breakthrough in assembly process engineering
Valor announces vPlan – breakthrough in assembly process engineering
Valor Computerized Systems Ltd has launched vPlan, the next-generation,enterprise-level process engineering solution for electronics assembly. Aimed at manufacturers needing to reduce costs and gain more capacity from current assets, Valor delivers a revolutionary solution for synchronized process engineering in an easy to use package. With vPlan, electronics companies can achieve a quantum leap in efficiency and productivity for their PCB assembly operations, in today's highly dynamic manufacturing environment.
vPlan drives the manufacturing process and is a single solution that delivers a complete, seamless engineering process from CAD to machine, covering SMT,through hole technology and manual assembly, in three simple steps. Step one is the definition of the product, involving the creation of a normalized and validated virtual PCA using a lean data model that enables quick-change management, DFx analysis, and an optimized assembly process. Thanks to Valor's unique “learning-library” feature, it is possible to read or define data just once, and use it multiple times without having to redefine it again.
Auto-Generated Machine Shapes – step two involves the definition of production resources. Virtual machine lines can be easily defined and machine library data can be auto-generated for all machine configurations with the help of Valor's VPL service. With these capabilities, vPlan practically eliminates one of the most difficult and time consuming tasks – management of the machine libraries.
At step three, manufacturing process definitions are generated. They contain optimized output and documentation for assembly machines and manual work cells,perfectly matched to available resources and to the product model.
Fastest route through production
With a proven ROI showing that profit on system investment can be achieved as early as three months from implementation, vPlan is set to revolutionize the manufacturing software market with its novel capabilities. Joining Valor's best-in- class product portfolio, it will support the company's solution-based offering.
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