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OCTOBER 2018 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 91 ties as defined and will have equipment arriv- ing at GreenSource on a regular basis. Happy Holden: Are you supplying the automat- ed guided vehicles (AGVs)? Zeller: At the moment, there is one AGV to start between our handling units, after the X-ray and the laser drill as well as between the au- tomated stacker and the mechanical drill ma- chines from company Schmoll. This AGV will be supplied by Schmoll but will be fully inte- grated with our handling units. Holden: Is the material warehouse in now or will it come in later? Zeller: The fully automated material warehouse will come in later. That is something we have targeted for the end of the year and will be one of the last pieces to come in. Matties: What has been the most challenging aspect for you during this whole process? Zeller: The most challenging aspect has been keeping track of all the changes. It's a big proj- ect with a long time-frame, which makes it chal- lenging to maintain the flexibility to move things around and adapt to changes. As I mentioned before, the standardized equipment helped us a lot; otherwise, it would have been more diffi - cult to move things around as easily as we did. Matties: What are the challenges with regard to software? Zeller: The equipment software is pretty straightforward because that is what we al- ways do. What is more challenging is the in- dustry 4.0 integration software, which is still ongoing. We are working closely with the soft- ware engineers at GreenSource to find the best approach for the integration. We have experi- ence with other projects, but every customer is different and has their unique set-up and spe- cial requests. Everyone has their own things to add to these set-ups. The basic framework of how the integration should look is clear, but there are ongoing detail discussions as to what is the most suitable set-up. I'm sure challeng- es will surface down the road and adjustments will be necessary, but this is our know-how and we have the expert team to tackle these challenges. Figure 4: AWP equipment awaiting installation at GreenSource Fabrication. Note the panel cassette in the foreground. Figure 5: An operator monitoring AWP's automated etching line installed at GreenSource Fabrication.