APCS TechnologyⅠ Automation Session
Why is the automation of the Back-end processes so urgent?
(Reception B, Conference Tower 1F)
Regarding the automation of Back-end processes that involve the management of many materials and complex transport formats, we will once again look back at why we are automating them, and identify common understandings of on-site issues and areas of collaboration/competition.
Program Agenda
*Please note that the program may be subject to change.
We propose to reimage and transform Package Assembly and Test Manufacturing with a new blueprint for production equipment using an interoperable mainframe and multi-level process and inspection cells. By combining this with full factory Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS), we expect significant improvements to factory productivity and the ability to do this manufacturing anywhere globally.
While automation is progressing in the front-end process of the SEMI industry, it is still difficult to automate the back-end process due to its complex conveyance configurations. OMRON has created a number of application technologies for automation, including the SEMI industry. In this presentation, a few examples of automation technologies for equipment in the front-end process will be introduced, and then the challenges of manual work that still exist for automation in the back-end process as well as proposed solutions to these challenges will be presented.
Manual manufacturing is the mainstream in semiconductor back-end processes, but we believe that the increasingly complex manufacturing of advanced packages will require full automation in the same way as the front-end process, and we will introduce the efforts of IBM MES (Manufacturing Execution System) for this purpose.
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