Optimal Production Planning for PCB Assembly

• Main Authors: Ho, William (Author), Ji, Ping (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical models.; Engineering design.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Engineering Design.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

It is indisputable that printed circuit boards (PCBs) play a vital role in our daily life. With the ever-increasing applications of PCBs, one of the crucial ways to increase a PCB company’s competitiveness in terms of operation efficiency is to minimize the production time so that the products can b...

Table of Contents:

• Optimization Techniques
• The Sequential Pick-and-Place (PAP) Machine
• The Concurrent Chip Shooter (CS) Machine
• The Line Assignment and the Component Allocation Problems
• A Prototype of the Printed Circuit Board Assembly Planning System (PCBAPS).