AOI Arena Meeting of the Giants or David vs. Goliath „After a decades-long slumber with 2D dreams, the entire squad of inspection system suppliers in the real 3D world has now woken up. The 3D AOI Arena certainly offers a good opportunity to get an overview of the different technologies and possible applications. Electronics manufacturing in Europe is becoming increasingly demanding and every board has its own challenges. The assembly manufacturers, whether OEM or EMS, are forced to equip themselves with state-of-the-art technologies to meet the demands of quality and competitiveness in Europe as well as in a global comparison. It is clear, the key to a high quality and reliable product is a solid automatic inspection. Whereby you have to clearly distinguish between inspection (2D), inspection based on 3D information or real 3D measurement technology. Only with this full coverage you can overcome the demand, to measure really all relevant characteristics of the dimension of a component, the placement and its solder joints in true 3D measurement technology. Elemental is to use results not only for tolerance assessment, but to serve via smart tools for process optimization. Koh Young‘s product portfolio includes 3D SPI systems, pre- and post-reflow 3D AOI systems, as well as new and very successful Press Fit / Pin Inspection program. With 15,000 systems installed worldwide, the company is demonstrating its success. Since 2005 – more than 10 years – as a market and technology leader in the field of 3D measuring technology, the international company has been supplying knowhow and innovative systems for electronics manufacturing. All Koh Young systems meet the highest demands of SMT Koh Young Testboard electronic production as well as front and back end applications. the 3D AOI Arena On the way to invest in decision-making in the latest generation of measuring systems, the focus is usually initially on the technical specifications of manufacturers. The infinite variety of listed specifications, camera resolution, FOV, processing speed etc. just to name a few, makes it difficult to evaluate the real performance in the manufacturing operation of an AOI. So how much 3D AOI does modern production need? Here at the 3D AOI Arena we want to show you what is absolutely necessary and useful and not to confront you with even more technical details, but rather to show what a 3D AOI really should be capable of. With the benchmark board Ver.8 on our system Zenith 2 with side cameras, we want to prove the efficiency, the flexibility as well as the usability. Which 3D AOI system can really deliver measurement data precisely for the entire board and how can the quality of the system be checked? In the real world of electronics manufacturing, every single employee has to make decisions that are driven by a wide variety of influencing factors. These decisions must be based on reliable data. A 100% data acquisition without compromise is an absolute must. The miniaturization virtually excludes that the operator can still recognize these ultra small differences in real time. The exact measurement and recording of the individual Paste deposits (area, volume, shape) and the placement accuracy (rotation, offset, coplanarity) before the soldering process but also the final result, the parameters of each solder joint (volume, joint height, slope angle), are therefore elementary to uphold the manufacturing quality. Smart Factory also stands for the precise analysis of collected data, from different perspectives such as: error avoidance, sta- 40 EPP EUROPE November 2019
Advertorial ANSPRECHPARTNER Harald Eppinger is the Managing Director of Koh Young Europe GmbH in Alzenau, he joined the Company in 2009 and is working for more than 30 years in the field of Automated Optical Inspection. Zenith 2 tus of process steps and their deviation from normal value is now the logical step of a real-time process optimization. With the help of “artificial intelligence“ clear instructions can be provided to make decisions in real time. Only then employees and companies can meet the high standards expected from them. This use of AI is already common practice, but if you use these artificial intelligence now first to improve the measurement accuracy is new attempt to the AOI area. PROFIL Koh Young Technology Inc. is one of the leading suppliers of 3D measurement and test equipment systems found in the manufacturing industries of leading PCB and semiconductor companies. For example, in the automotive electronics, telecommunications, military, medical and semiconductor industries. The headquarters of the international company is in Seoul, Korea. The European (European-wide) base is in Alzenau with Koh Young Europe. Other sales and support centers are located in the US, Japan, Singapore, China and Korea. Koh Young Europe GmbH Industriegebiet Süd E4 63755 Alzenau Germany www.kohyoung.com Koh Young Technology Headquarter, South Korea
