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SmartPlate Innovative Software for Reliable Plating

SmartPlate Innovative Software for Reliable Plating. “The Economist” Magazine: Use Math to Improve your Business. Plating is a Critical Process. Essential for board performance Strict tolerances Hole plating is closely monitored by customers: “My customers judge me by my drill holes”

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SmartPlate Innovative Software for Reliable Plating

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  1. SmartPlate Innovative Software for Reliable Plating

  2. “The Economist” Magazine:Use Math to Improve your Business

  3. Plating is a Critical Process • Essential for board performance • Strict tolerances • Hole plating is closely monitored by customers: • “My customers judge me by my drill holes” • Quote from a PCB manufacturer

  4. Plating is Black Magic • Complex electrochemical process • Job dependent • Copper pattern • Hole aspect ratio • No analytical understanding,Purely empirical, based on experience • Unavoidible consequence: • Errors • Human factor, quality depends on skill of operator

  5. Plating Uncertainty is Costly • Cost of scrap • Typical scrap rate > 1% due to plating problems • Indicated by a customer survey • Cost of missed deadlines due to rework • Cost of dissatisfied customers • Cost of test plating new jobs • Cost of overplating to guarantee minimum • Waste of copper • Waste of electricity

  6. The TeamElsyca And Ucamco • Elsyca • Delivers modeling software, engineering services and hardware solutions to the electrochemical industry • Is dedicated to deliver advanced electrochemical modeling • Ucamco • Delivers pre-CAM, CAM software, the Smart range of machine front-end and job viewing software, as well as related services to the PCB industry • Is dedicated to bring solutions to the PCB industry • The Elsyca-Ucamco consortium is uniquely capable to provide plating modeling software to the PCB industry • Ucamco supplies the panel data to Elsyca modeling software • Elsyca calculates the copper thickness’s • Ucamco combines this with the image and displays copper thickness on-board and in-hole within the PCB plant

  7. SmartPlate takes the Guesswork out of Plating • Sophisticated model predicts plating thickness;uses all relevant parameters • Plate line chemistry • Copper pattern • Jig and plate line geometry • Panel layout • Electrical current • Fully automated • Fully integrated in Ucam • Very accurate  Error < 15%

  8. SpecificationSetting the Plating Parameters

  9. CalculationIn background

  10. Visualization On-board Thickness

  11. Visualization On-board Thickness

  12. Visualization In-hole Thickness

  13. Visualization In-hole Thickness - detail

  14. SmartPlate worksResults at a Customer

  15. SmartPlate worksResults at a Customer

  16. Features/Benefits • Calculates plating at CAM time, within 15% error- Correct errors before they happen- No sample boards needed- Consistent quality, independent of operator- Increase plating knowledge in CAM • Select critical holes in CAM and visualize these on screen in production and lab-The true critical holes are monitored • Report plating in coupon and on board-The relation between coupon and real holes is then known, not guessed

  17. Configuration • SmartPlate modeling engine • Performs the calculation • One (1) floating license • SmartPlate Full • Allows to • Specify job parameters • Submit job • Visualize results • One (1) license to a SmartPlate Full seat • Ucam users can replace the seat by (1) floating license to this functionality at the same cost • SmartPlate View • Allows to visualize job and plating • Three (3) licenses

  18. Genesis • I have a Genesis system and I do not want to change CAM systems • No problem • SmartPlate works on ODB++ as well as DPF • Workflow • SmartPlate Full • Reads ODB++ job • Submits job to SmartPlate Modeling Engine • Visualizes plating date • SmartPlate View • Visualizes plating data

  19. SmartPlate An Attractive Proposal

  20. Software Is Paid Out Of Cost Savings • Investment capability is limited • Investment in cost savings compete with investments in capability • Proposal to eliminate the investment bottleneck - Rental per quarter - Rental fee 5,500 € per quarter - Payment after the quarter • No financing, pay out of cost savings - Automatically prolonged until cancelled • Cancellation up to one month before the end of the period Earn the money before you spend it!

  21. Next Step Interested but skeptical if it really works…? Contact a Ucamco business partner or see www.ucamco.com We will with pleasure organize a benchmark to know if it really works for you Don’t wait! Every day money is wasted…

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