Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 16 20:53:17 EST 2005 | VS
Normally inspector is operating the verification station - such as checking the components found by AOI, feedback to the system about real defects and false calls, scanning barcode to find certain board, load data for the recipe and so on... Line ope
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 18 07:14:53 EST 2005 | avalancher
It's easier if the Operator does keep an eye over that, HOWEVER, if you really think about it, you are allowing the very person who ran the board monitor the quality of the board (again, re-visiting AOI errors, and what they allow and don't allow). A
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 13:35:36 EST 2005 | mnguyen
AOI should be operated by a machine operator. I could get a monkey to stand around pushing buttons. A machine operator job responsibilty is not to change feeders and push buttons. They have to monitor the process for missing parts, misaligned, and pa
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 17:32:07 EST 2005 | russ
Good point tommy, I think we are confusing what we are talking about here. It was not asked if the operators should do inspection. It was asked if an operator should pass boards through a machine. The operator is not inspecting anything just as t
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 18 20:29:23 EST 2005 | mika
Agree with some of the prior postings, disagree with most. This is obviously not suitble in every plant/company/country: We have some AOI:s inline and 1 off line and the "so called operators" is happy to be able to get to the next step: an improveme
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 25 12:01:27 EST 2005 | Sachin Talwadkar
You're right! Whether "Pattern matching" or "Pixel recognition", in both cases, it is the operating person who will make an inference from the results obtained. This makes IPC knowledge the key to AOI usage. "Quality" is never introduced into a pro
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 13:19:53 EST 2005 | tommyttr
Fire them has been stated on here several times. What exactly does that solve? I am assuming you have good operators, that you are asking to run an automated inspection, then what exactly are your inspectors doing? Are the operators going to get more
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 13:46:10 EST 2005 | stepheniii
I worked at a place where the new manager wanted SMT operators with experience. Two of the operators were pretty much as good as all the others put together. They had no SMT experience when they started. The company was lucky they started before he
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 11:49:05 EST 2005 | trj
"Firing" them is a big word......how about....maybe educating them to their job responsibilities. Now if that doesnt work, Send them to the unemployment office.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 13:38:07 EST 2005 | SuMoTe
Have all of you "Fire Them" type mentalities ever herd the old addage "Never tech your own work"? Inspection should be done by inspectors.
