Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Shinsung
Holdings Corp., a fast-growing manufacturer of high-efficiency solar
photovoltaic cells and other high-technology products, has selected
Applieds SmartFactory
manufacturing automation solution to optimize productivity and drive
down costs as they ramp production across all their solar manufacturing
operations in Korea. Key to Shinsungs selection was the unique ability
of the SmartFactory system to combine multiple production lines into a
single virtual factory, enabling the system to modify process flows in
real time to deliver higher and more consistent factory output.
“Advanced factory automation is a critical part of our strategy to
provide high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells to our customers
around the world”
Advanced factory automation is a critical part of our strategy to
provide high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells to our customers
around the world, said a spokesperson for Shinsung Holdings. We have
chosen to work with Applied because SmartFactory technology offers the
affordable, flexible and scalable solution we need to support our
aggressive capacity growth and efficiency roadmaps.
Our solar customers are at an inflection point large scale factories
and higher cell efficiencies are driving broad-based adoption of factory
automation systems, said Charlie Pappis, vice president and general
manager of Applied
Global Services. Applied is enabling this transition with
affordable, robust, integrated automation solutions that can be expanded
as customers businesses grow, without disrupting ongoing production.
Rapidly-deployable Applied SmartFactory software features pre-built
operating scenarios for advanced crystalline silicon cell manufacturing,
enabling customers to monitor all work-in-progress material movements,
manage production sequencing and deliver instructions to shop floor
workers via a consistent, task-focused graphical user interface.
Incorporating Applied
E3 process control and monitoring technology, the
SmartFactory system is the first factory control system available that
can interface directly with production equipment, enabling product
quality monitoring and statistical process control. The E3 technology
includes active
fault detection, run-to-run
process tuning, and process diagnostics and monitoring critical
capabilities for solar manufacturers looking to optimize factory output
and improve cell efficiency. For more information, visit: http://www.appliedmaterials.com/products/smartfactory_2.html
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the global leader in
Nanomanufacturing Technology solutions with a broad portfolio of
innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication
of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells,
flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. At Applied Materials,
we apply Nanomanufacturing Technology to improve the way people live.
Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.
Source: Business Wire
