APRIL 2022 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 53
Additional content from
Siemens Digital Industries Software:
• The Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide to...
Smart Data: Using Data to Improve
Manufacturing
• The Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide to…
Advanced Manufacturing in the
Digital Age
• Siemens' free, 12-part, on-demand webinar
series "Implementing Digital Twin Best
Practices From Design Through
Manufacturing."
• RealTime With... Siemens and Computrol:
Achieving Operational Excellence in
Electronics Manufacturing Roundtable
• In manufacturing, a host of new machines
must be integrated (e.g., 6-axis robotic
printers, reel-to-reel processing, and
assembly of bare, flexible dies). In
addition, the traditional PCB fabricate-
then-assemble process could be upended,
with the ability to integrate active and pas-
sive components during the
"substrate build."
e net results currently are multiple tool
chains in various states of optimization. To
address these challenges, Siemens is leveraging
its multi-domain portfolio of ECAD, MCAD, and
simulation technologies. We are partnering with
NextFlex and its members to refine the tool chains
and then work to optimize the digital thread from
concept through manufacturing. DESIGN007
David Wiens is Xpedition
product manager for Siemens
Digital Industries Software.
To read past columns or
contact Wiens, click here.
Figure 1: Tool chain for 3D-printed electro-mechanical structures.
