The false call killer

Some call it the “false call killer”: a new Automatic Defect Classification system that leverages deep learning to dramatically reduce false call rates while improving first-pass yield in 3D Automated Optical Inspection (AOI). The recent release of DeepReview comes as welcome news for manufacturers applying full test coverage, where any variation in material, component type or board design can unleash new streams of tedious false calls. To learn more about DeepReview and the benefits of deep learning in the daily lives of review operators, we spoke to two of the system’s key developers: Romain Roux, R&D Director for AI, and Nicolas Guillot, Software Systems Architect.

User-driven design

“Our customers are growing. But they should never outgrow their investment,” says Mark Flaskett, Product Manager Printing, of the latest launch of the MYPro S series stencil printers. “In recent years, we’ve already significantly boosted speeds in inspection and pick-and-place. And we see stencil printing as a natural part of this development — raising the ceiling once again in terms of throughput and cycle times.”

The Power of One

For years, Mycronic inspection customers have benefitted from a single web-based interface for unified SPI and AOI data. The latest MYPro Create™ software brings the same seamless integration to jet printing, making job creation faster, more intuitive and more stable than ever before.

DF Elettronica's success story

Italy based DF Elettronica gives us insight to their business and what makes them stand out as an electronics manufacturer. Mycronic has had a long term collaboration with them as a beta tester in the development of new products. A valuable relationship for both us at Mycronic but also for them, and for our future customers.

Design freedom at jet speed

At the ESCATEC facility in Switzerland, new products are being designed, prototyped and ramped up for full-scale manufacturing. Every day, two production lines churn out advanced electronics for high-power LED modules, LiDAR products, Time-of-Flight (TOF) modules and specialized camera systems. Once optimized for large-scale production, many are destined for commercial production at one of ESCATEC’s high-volume production sites in Bulgaria or Malaysia.

Printing without limits

Business is growing for high-mix manufacturers. Mycronic’s new MYPro S series stencil printers answer this demand by adding new levels of throughput to the flexibility and quality of jet printing and 3D SPI.

Total control, fewer false calls, no hidden defects

Everyone’s talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) these days. While it’s not a novel concept in electronic assembly, the current buzz centers on the potential to eliminate false calls, avoid defects and boost productivity. Amid the chatter, one company is doing more than just talking: Zeal Electronics Ltd is a UK subcontractor embracing AI-powered optical inspection, as well as software analytics to increase accuracy and speed up deliveries.

Jetting to success on Norway’s Electronic Coast

Covering 95% of the solder paste printing needs of four pick-and-place machines, with 20 changeovers a week – including BGAs and LGAs with a 0.3 mm pitch – might sound like a mission impossible. Yet, for Mectro AS it’s all in a day’s work, executed swiftly and efficiently using a single next-generation MY700JX Jet Printer.

Turn up the volume

The MYPro MY300 set the benchmark for productivity in high-mix PCB assembly. Now its successor, the MYPro A40, is raising the bar even further with 48% faster placement speeds and an ability to mount six times larger components with the MX7 high-speed mounthead. All so you can master any product mix. And pump up production volumes to levels never seen before.