Smart SMT Factory Forum

The digital transformation, concepts like industry 4.0 or industrial internet – will change production , work processes and business models in electronics manufacturing radically . How industry 4.0 can successfully be implemented in electronics assembly? What solutions and concepts are there? Are there any best practises? Our blog aims to provide managers and engineers in electronics manufacturing an open platform for orientation, information and dialogue on the subject of industry 4.0 in SMT production

24. November 2017

Published by Peter Kronfeld at 24. November 2017

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“ADAMOS combines the benefits of the cloud infrastructure with domain and process expertise”

(copyright image: Adamos/ASM) ASM Assembly Systems founded the ADAMOS joint venture (www.adamos.com) together with leading equipment manufacturers in other industries, such as DMG-Mori, Zeiss, Dürr, to […]

26. September 2017

Published by Peter Kronfeld at 26. September 2017

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“Dark Factory” and “Lights out electronics assembly”?

In one of my recent posts I reported on my visit at CIG (Cambridge Industries Group), an ICT equipment manufacturer in Shanghai. During this visit CEO […]

28. July 2017

Published by Peter Kronfeld at 28. July 2017

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CIG: Why a „Dark Factory“ should not scare you

After my visit at BYD I travelled to CIG (Cambridge Industries Group), an ICT equipment manufacturer in Shanghai. Based on its strong in-house engineering division CIG […]

25. July 2017

Published by Peter Kronfeld at 25. July 2017

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MES-Integration of SMT shop-floor at BYD, China

ASM invited me to visit a number of electronic manufacturers in China and India. Why? All these companies teamed up with ASM and established ASM’s SmartNet, […]

14. July 2017

Despte security risks: cloud solutions will be preferred for smart factory solutions

Published by Peter Kronfeld at 14. July 2017

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Despite WannaCry, the cloud cannot be stopped

(image: shutterstock_146680703_©_ESB-Professional_ASM) Hacker attacks with ransomware like WannaCry and Petrwrap are keeping the world busy. Even large companies look powerless as their central IT systems are […]

18. May 2017