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72 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2018 sion of Whelen's multilayer facility in New Hampshire. This is the most automated PCB fabrication facility in the world and famous for its "Green Plus Lean" manufacturing strategy. He went on to illustrate the automation they supplied: 1. Integrated solder mask line (Figures 6, 7, 8, 9) 2. Fully automated innerlayer line with automatic materials retrieval (Figure 10) 3. Fully automated multilayer layup and solder mask final cure (Figure 11) 4. Automatic stacking/destacking for AWPGroup KEYENCEReader DMC-Code Drill -Code Barcode-Code Write/readhead Connectionmodule KeyFeatures ▪ Holds6trayswitha stackingheight of 50mmeach ▪ Trays will be loaded automatically into themachineinrandomorderbasedon inputfromMESsystem ▪ Eachtrayis equippedwithaRFID chip ▪ Eachcartis equippedwitha RFIDchip Figure 5: The special KEYENCE reader capable of reading the three different barcodes employed on PCB panels and materials (in process) and the RFID used on the material handling trays and carts. Processflow/integration setupforthesoldermaskline Figure 6: Integrated solder mask line.