The SIPLACE Head Care Station is used to check the functionality of placement heads after maintenance. The Factory Equipment Center records the inspection status and documents their release for use in production.

Close-up of the SIPLACE Head Care Station showing the Force Measurement Unit used to check placement force.

Factory Equipment Center instructs operators to remove magazines with nozzles requiring maintenance and replace them with new ones.

Factory Equipment Center continuously monitors the counters of all feeders in use on the shop floor. Once a preset number of operating cycles has been reached, the system locks the respective unit and e-mails a maintenance request to the appropriate employees.