WILSONVILLE, Ore., June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that
Universal Instruments, a global leader of advanced automation and
assembly equipment for the electronics manufacturing industry, will
offer the Valor® Production Plan tool to users of Universal
Instruments' Fuzion® surface mount technology (SMT) placement
platform. The Valor Production Plan product will help Universal
Fuzion customers optimize their manufacturing planning parameters
and take advantage of the machine's increased capacity and
overlapping component range between placement heads, resulting in
higher machine utilization.
The Valor Production Plan product enables users to optimize SMT
manufacturing setup by grouping products using unique, proprietary
technology that takes into account the detailed requirements of the
complete production flow. Finite planning is available for
thousands of work orders across multiple assembly lines, addressing
constraints such as machine capacity, feeder availability, shift
capacity, and available machine time. The Valor Production Plan
tool acts as a decision-supporting tool for production planners,
allowing them to assess different scenarios ("what-if" analysis)
and choose the optimal setup for maximum productivity.
"Our Fuzion platform provides an ideal solution for customers
dealing with high-mix assembly and short delivery schedules, and
the Valor Production Plan software further increases their ability
to meet these challenges," stated Glenn
Farris, Universal Instruments Vice President of
Marketing. "The combination of this best-in-class planning
software with our market-leading SMT platform creates a highly
productive flow, suitable for both OEM and EMS manufacturing
environments."
Key features and benefits of the Valor Production Plan software
for the Universal Fuzion platform include:
- Ability to import Universal .ci2 SMT program files, part
libraries, and to export multi-track parts, optimized static
setting and optimized groups in Universal DPO format;
- Extremely fast optimization engine allowing on-the-fly
simulation of different manufacturing scenarios;
- Comprehensive modeling of available assembly lines, feeders,
trays, trolleys, processing times, feeder change policy, and
operator availability, ensuring feasible and correct planning.
"Our vision has always been to provide the industry's best
design-to-manufacturing flow, and teaming up with Universal
Instruments provides us with an excellent opportunity to offer this
flow to our joint customers," stated Dan
Hoz, general manager of Mentor Graphics Valor Division.
"Today, as intelligent production planning becomes a key
facilitator of Industry 4.0 implementation, this integrated
solution can easily help manufacturers accelerate the adoption of
these optimized capabilities."
Product Availability
The Valor Production Plan
solution for Universal's Fuzion product is available today. For
more information visit the website:
https://www.mentor.com/pcb-manufacturing-assembly/products/valor-mss-production-planning/.
For additional information on Universal Instruments' manufacturing
software, visit: http://www.uic.com/solutions/software/. To learn
more about the Fuzion product go to:
http://www.uic.com/solutions/surface-mount/fuzion-platform/.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation
(NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services
and award-winning support for the world's most successful
electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of
approximately $1.18 billion.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777.
World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
About Universal Instruments
Universal Instruments is a
global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced automation
and assembly equipment solutions for the electronics manufacturing
industry. Universal Instruments delivers comprehensive solutions to
a global customer base by leveraging exclusive process expertise
combined with its innovative portfolio of flexible platforms for
surface mount, insertion mount, advanced semiconductor packaging,
and end-of-line automation. Universal Instruments is headquartered
in Conklin, N.Y., USA, with
offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Valor are registered trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.)
For more information, please
contact:
Larry
Toda
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
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