Siemens provides the most widely used solutions to address the critical needs of electronics manufacturers. Today, these manufacturers must bring cost-effective products to market faster than ever before, while meeting a variety of challenges. UniCam FX, Test Expert (formerly Fabmaster), and SIMATIC IT MES address these issues, and more:

• Manufacturing a growing mix of complex products quickly, efficiently, and with high quality
• Meeting customer and regulatory demands like traceability and lead-free manufacturing
• Feeding critical as-built information back to enterprise systems

Using UniCam FX, Test Expert, and SIMATIC IT MES, manufacturers will build better products with smarter planning and smarter production.

Smarter Planning: UniCam FX and Test Expert

UniCam FX and Test Expert (formerly Fabmaster) put low-cost, easy-to-use lean manufacturing capabilities firmly in your grasp, and allow you to get the new product introduction (NPI) process right the first time:

• Use UniCam FX to program the broad spectrum of electronics assembly equipment, including surface-mount technology (SMT), automated optical inspection (AOI), dispense, screen printers, through-hole technology (THT), manual assembly, and more.
• For low-mix, high-volume manufacturers, UniCam FX is the perfect solution to create accurate multi-job setups. Improve productivity on your SMT lines by reducing changeover time by as much as 75 percent.
• For high-volume manufacturing, UniCam FX advanced machine optimization dramatically increases line throughput and reduces bottlenecks
• Create and deliver paperless documentation directly to the shop floor using UniCam FX, UniDoc FX and ViewStation FX.

• Test Expert offers complete flexibility and control during fixture design and flying probe selection, and eases flying probe access on dense boards with a global probe offset tool
• Test Expert provides immediate feedback to designers and reduces testing costs by verifying design for test (DFT) rules before fabrication.
• Test Expert reduces cycle times on variants of the same board by managing attributes such as device types, values, and tolerances, as well as package and pad sizes/shapes.
• Test Expert automatically generates programs and inputs for a wide range of commonly used in-circuit test (ICT), flying probe testers, X-ray and AOI machines.

Smarter Production: SIMATIC IT MES

SIMATIC IT powers quality, efficiency and productivity on the shop floor.

• Minimize the risk of product recalls and ensure compliance with regulations with product and process traceability
• Enable tight production control
• Provide real-time visibility to work-in-progress (WIP), raw material and finished goods
• Systematically improve key quality metrics by detecting early occurrences of deviation
• Reduce repair costs and excessive rework
• “Go green” by eliminating shop-floor paper travelers
• Reduce errors in managing engineering change order (ECO)
• Meet ISO and customer Audit Requirements
• Create, schedule and share web-based Manufacturing Reports