Advantages of High Feeder Capacity / Full Component Range Machines

The C5 series has the feeder capacity and component range to handle virtually any SMT assembly on a single machine. This is an advantage in low to medium volume/high mix environments because different production enhancing concepts can be employed.

Standard Kit	Dynamic Changeover
Applicable to both CEM’s and OEM’s is the Standard Kit concept. With enough feeder capacity, a certain section of the feeder banks can be reserved for the most popular components to permanently reside thus minimizing job changeover and inventory requirements.	Unique to the C5 series is the concept of Dynamic Changeover. Having 30 - 60 % more feeder capacity than competitive machines means many jobs would require use of only one - half of the feeder bank(s). Because the feeders on the C5 Series can be removed and replaced while the machine is running, the next job in cue can be set up on the remaining feeder bank(s) while the machine is still producing the previous job.

Multiple Machines Concepts

Cellular versus In Line

Sometimes capacity requirements dictate that multiple machines are required. There are two concepts that can be employed in this case.

Two C5-192 Machine Cellular Approach: Typical Two Machine In Line Approach

Reflex Line

REFLEX is short for REdundancy and FLEXibility. Redundancy is important because equally equipped machines with high feeder capacity and full component range capability are able to individually run just about any job. This means for smaller lot size jobs the machines can be operated individually (cellular) thus running two jobs in parallel. For higher volume jobs that need to be completed quickly the kit can be split across the two machines. This sort of flexibility cannot be realized with a typical chip shooter-flex machine line. The REFLEX line allows you to react quickly to your customer needs and changing production requirements.