For EMS
Make prototypes worth taking on.
For contract manufacturers who want to be set up for the future.
01Two hours of setup for five boards
Retooling the series line means paid downtime, so the customer's five boards wait for a slot.
02Every new part costs 30 to 60 minutes of teaching
Nobody teaches a part for a job that may never repeat, so the customer hears "next week" or "no".
03Back and forth over assembly files
Wrong rotations, a shifted origin, an unknown package: a round of emails with the customer before the first part is placed.
04The customer waits weeks for a handful of boards
Line slot, teaching, reel order: weeks for five boards the customer needs to keep developing.
01Prototypes leave the production line
Hefex runs alongside your lines and takes everything from 1 to 50 boards, the line takes everything above. Prototypes stop blocking the line, and prototyping becomes a profit center.
02No component teaching at all
Vision recognizes parts it has never seen. An unfamiliar BOM is no reason to tell a customer no.
03Files in once, and it runs
Upload the customer's files as they came; rotation, origin and unknown packages are handled by the software, even during placement.
04Placed the day the parts arrive
Setup in 5 to 10 minutes, parts fed as they came, cut tape, trays or loose, no reel to order, no slot to wait for.
High mix, low volume
The biggest growth in the industry, today and for the years ahead: more engineering samples, pilot runs and variants, from more customers.
Today it ends up on the bench
The fastest-growing assembly method is manual soldering, attributed to prototyping, low-volume work and repair.¹
Served at a margin, and fast
With the Etna beside the line, you quote those orders and ship them within days, while the line runs series.
The small orders decide the series
Customers who get five boards fast come back with five thousand. Being the EMS that serves them is the advantage.
Secure your unfair advantage.
