DEK's HawkEye post-print verification system.Enabled by an innovative inspection methodology, DEK's (dek.com) HawkEye post-print verification system permits 100% board inspection at the line beat rate. Rather than relying on the data-rich, quantitative routines and still-image analysis of traditional 2-D inspection, HawkEye rapidly scans the board as a series of stripes and collects a tightly defined set of monochrome Also called "mono." Refers to display screens that use one foreground and one background color; for example, black on white, white on black or green on black. The first terminals connected to mainframes and minicomputers were monochrome, and monochrome screens were widely used on early image data. These results are then compared with the preset preset Cardiac pacing A parameter of a pacemaker that is programmed permanently when manufactured , user-defined limits of acceptability, with the verification tool determining if the board is ready to move to the next process step. The system can be set to verify 100% of deposits on the board or only certain areas of the board. Users can adjust total verification cycle time to maximize system value within the line beat rate. Traditional inspection routines are, relatively speaking, somewhat slow--taking, on average, 28 [mm.sup.2] per second to inspect a standard SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management assembly. HawkEye accelerates inspection time exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. . It comes in two versions to accommodate different manufacturing requirements: HawkEye 400 verifies deposits at a rate of 400 [mm.sup.2]/sec., while HawkEye 1200 operates at a rate of 1200 [mm.sup.2]/sec. The system is easy-to-use and involves very little operator training. Using the Instinctiv user interface to set up the verification areas, operators simply draw a box around the entire board or the specific area they want to inspect. Instinctiv then displays both area scan times and total scan times to assist with process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. . Area scan time is dependent upon the area size and the pitch of the components contained within the defined area. Component pitch is then used to determine the scan speed of the system. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Simple graphical reporting, including warning and error regions, of the last pasted area is then delivered to the operator during each print cycle. If the system stops on an alarm point, the operator can review the failed area or easily browse around the entire board. The pads in error are shown graphically using paste painting on the camera that aligns with the color scheme on the reporting graph. Instinctiv delivers easy-to-understand graphical reporting during each print cycle and deposit levels are reported only as graphics, with no numerical values, to provide a simple, high-speed fully automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. Go/No Go In engineering and manufacturing, a go/no go (or Go-NoGo) is a process or device used in quality control. In psychology, a go/no-go test requires a participant to perform an action given certain stimuli (e.g. measure of deposit quality. It is designed for any production environment. HawkEye is available as an option on the DEK Galaxy, Europa, Horizon Oli, Horizon 02i and Horizon 03i printer platforms, which all run the Instinctiv and ISCAN ISCAN Inertialess Steerable Communications Antenna ISCAN International Sanitary Convention for Air Navigation (NASA) machine control architecture. |
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