SmartFactory Equipment Automation
In your facility, are you looking to move beyond manual basics?
SmartFactory Equipment Automation is an equipment design and control framework that executes automation services in run-time. The solution integrates equipment data—the largest source of data in manufacturing—to enable automation flow design, transaction and sequence testing, run-time troubleshooting and diagnostics, and centralized user maintenance. This integrated data capability results in increased productivity, as well as reduced errors and scrap losses.
Why choose SmartFactory Equipment Automation?
10–15% increased wafer output per day with automated dispatching
10% increased tool utilization with automated dispatching
97% reduction in data recording time
What can you gain from our approach?
Optimized assets
- Keep equipment assets utilized by executing run-time automation scenarios
- Coordinate with SmartFactory FullAuto to transport, load, process, and unload material without operator intervention
Reduced errors
- Enable quality control pre-checks to validate that the correct material matches the appropriate sequences and recipes
- Consistently meet quality and engineering data requirements
Integrated data
- Compile and distribute data collection records to the appropriate applications for analysis
- Analyze equipment performance to identify hidden cycle time losses
- Integrate with Applied’s SmartFactory CIM solution and other non-Applied solutions
