SmartFactory Equipment Automation
Increase productivity and reduce human error
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
