SAKI Installs Automation Demo Line at FUJI Showroom

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SAKI Corporation, an innovator in the field of automated optical and X-ray inspection equipment, has begun exhibiting SAKI inspection solutions at the FUJI CORPORATION headquarter showroom in Chiryu City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. In this exhibit, SAKI’s 3D solder paste inspection (3D-SPI) system 3Si-LS3EX and 3D automated optical inspection (3D-AOI) system 3Di-LS3EX are integrated with FUJI’s GPX-CII printer and NXTR (2R+1R) pick and place machines to form a FUJI Smart Factory (FSF) line. The demonstration showcases an advanced Machine to Machine (M2M) solution that enables real-time data sharing and automatic corrections between printing, placement and inspection processes, providing customers with a real-time view of post-installation operational benefits.

SAKI’s M2M integration connects SPI and AOI systems with solder printers and placement machines, achieving improved quality and reduced production losses across the entire line. Furthermore, SAKI’s job data conversion function ensures compatibility of inspection data libraries with placement machines, enabling more efficient line operation. At the new FSF line, visitors can observe live demonstrations of the printing, placement, and inspection processes linked together, highlighting automation and labor reduction opportunities across the entire SMT line. The demonstration also illustrates SAKI’s advanced automated line control, including automatic reconfiguration of the entire line via M2M linkage, utilization of defective-board information from PCBs, and automatic detection of printing and placement deviations based on inspection results. Correction instructions are issued for printing and placement position shifts to upstream and downstream processes to prevent quality variations before defects occur, contributing to stable and highly efficient production processes.

Mr. Takeshi Sato, Board Member, Executive Officer, and Head of the Robotic Solutions Division at FUJI CORPORATION, commented: “The FSF philosophy is to maximize production through automation and autonomy across the entire line by developing solutions in collaboration with a wide range of partner companies, improving production efficiency and ensuring consistent quality. By integrating with high-precision inspection solutions from SAKI, an FSF partner, inspection results can be used to automatically correct positional offsets of printers and placement machines. At FUJI’s headquarter showroom, visitors can experience live demonstrations of the M2M solution created through the collaboration between our two companies.”

SAKI’s Domestic Sales General Manager, Ken Katsumi, added:  “This showcase goes beyond a conceptual proposal and presents an actual production line in operation, where machines seamlessly communicate and cooperate with each other. We invite visitors to experience firsthand the solutions that directly address the challenges faced at manufacturing sites.”

SAKI has, up to now, promoted M2M collaboration on production lines through the development of data integration technologies. At the FUJI showroom exhibit, SAKI not only demonstrates software-level coordination, but also recreates an actual production line configuration, enabling live demonstrations of an automated line where SAKI inspection equipment and FUJI machines mutually compensate for and control each other. This allows visitors to experience realistic device-to-device collaboration that demonstrates quality maintenance independent of human intervention and the mechanisms of a fully automated line.

Going forward, SAKI will continue to accelerate Smart Factory transformation through deeper M2M integration between surface mount and inspection machines. Through this exhibit, SAKI supports automation and labor-saving at manufacturing sites while contributing to the realization of more efficient and reliable production lines.