A general approach to grouping of PCB assembly jobs

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 710-720

  Hirvikorpi, M ^b   Knuutila, T ^b   Johnsson, M ^a   Nevalainen, O S ^b  

^a Valor Computerised Systems OY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Component placement; Electronics manufacturing; Flexible machines; Printed circuit board; Surface mounted components

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;

COMPONENT PLACEMENT; ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING; FLEXIBLE MACHINES;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 29744446454     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192050064870     Document Type: Article

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