Siemens Updates Data Exchange Format for Digital Thread

摘要

Siemens expanded its ODB++ data structure for transferring PCB designs into fabrication, assembly and test with open data formats for the digital thread. ODB++Process data exchange format, previously known as OPM, helps enable the open exchange of process engineering information between disparate machines, software vendors, and standalone processes. This free data exchange format helps users transfer machine programs from one machine type to another, such as a target machine from a different vendor or a machine on a different platform. ODB++Process provides the open exchange of process engineering information, which then converts the data for immediate use on any production machine or workstation. "By using a single assembly format file output like ODB++Process, which stan-dardizes machine package libraries with vShapes across the entire production line, Koh Young is able to minimize program variations between machines like inspec-tion and mounters," said JD Shin, chief sales officer for Koh Young. "The enhanced approach to programming reduces human error and variation and significantly reduces the NPI programming cycle time. What's more, the single file assembly for-mat output like ODB++Process is machine agnostic and easily enables moving pro-duction assembly data and process requirements between lines - and more impor-tantly factories across the world."