PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – February 2006
AEGIS XLINK MONITORING TECHNOLOGY UNITES THE MACHINE
VENDORS
Leading Equipment
Vendors Unite in Widespread Compatibility with Aegis’
xLink CAMX Technology for Plug-and-Play Factory Information
ANAHEIM, CA – APEX 2006, Information visibility and control in
electronics assembly once lagged behind the semiconductor industry where
data acquisition from every machine is the norm. At APEX 2006, Aegis is
honored to stand alongside its 24 machine vendor partners to announce
the plug-and-play factory has taken widespread root in electronics
assembly. This support for Aegis xLink technology for data acquisition
represents an unprecedented cooperation of a software supplier and the
machine vendors, for the benefit of the entire industry.
At APEX 2003, Aegis launched its xLink CAMX data transmitter on 7 makes
and 16 models of machines. Today, over 22 makes and 88 models of
machines are compatible with xLink. This compatibility enables these
assembly, process, test, and inspection systems to instantly connect to
the factory intranet and transmit their real-time IPC CAMX messages to
any software system requiring those events. The data is uniform per the
IPC CAMX standard, and acquiring the data is as simple as opening a web
browser. The result? Open, consistent, and easily accessible
factory-wide information.
Today’s manufacturers have two factory floor information requirements:
First, a need to access the valuable data their machines generate about
their operations, processes, and products. Secondly, a cost effective,
commercial, vendor-independent, and reliable method of accessing this
data. The Aegis xLink Transmitter, when embedded on assembly, test,
measurement, and inspection equipment, turns these machines into
mini-web servers, providing simplified access to their data. This data
is standardized to IPC CAMX, making it interpretable to any third party
software system requiring it.
xLink is in use all over the world in actual mission-critical
production. Three of the world’s top 10 military manufacturers rely upon
it. One of the top 10 medical device manufacturers and one of the top 5
EMS providers utilize it. Many more employ it each day to deliver
product traceability, monitor processes, and track performance.
Integrated machines include product scanners, printers, laser etchers,
dispensers, pick and place, ovens, thermal profilers, AOI, AXI, ICT,
flying probe, functional testers, and even third-party software systems
such as feeder setup systems.
The data provided by xLink supports levels of traceability, process
monitoring, and control not yet seen in electronics assembly. Aegis and
its partners are pleased to contribute this important step in the
evolution of true process control, traceability and monitoring in the
electronics assembly industry.
For additional information contact:
Paul Ferdas, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email:
pferdas@aiscorp.com
Phone: 215.773.3571