MES-Based PROCESS CONTROL of Test Machines Using IPC-CFX

摘要

Historically, electronics manufacturing has not been successful in achieving and sustaining a standard communication protocol between machine and software systems. For lights-out electronics manufacturing without operators, it is absolutely necessary. The IPC-CFX standard is needed for machine-to-machine and machine-to-software systems communication. Most vendors and customers still don't know what to do with CFX. The success of its implementation for Factory 4.0 integration will depend on the level of pressure the largest manufacturers apply toward equipment vendors to provide CFX support. We are witnessing the beginning of such demand, and we hope that will intensify soon. All factors in factory automation: companies, vendors and software providers will benefit from a wide and successful CFX adoption and implementation.