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APEX 2022 Starts Today

APEX 2022 Starts Today

Come see BPM at Booth 2920– Come see the Most Powerful Universal Programmer on the Planet: The 10th Generation BPM310 Automated Programmer.

Meet your APEX “Team”:

Penny Santhanam
Customer Care Director

Cell: +1 832-975-3115

penny_santhanam@bpmmicro.com

 

Pierce Weiss
Account Manager

pierce_weiss@bpmmicro.com

 

Colin Harper
Director of Sales

Cell: +1 832 358-1002

colin_harper@bpmmicro.com

https://bpmmicro.com/events/ipc-apex-2022-january-25-27-san-diego-ca-usa/

Productronica 2021 by the Numbers

Productronica 2021 by the Numbers

Productronica 2021 ends with about 20,000 visitors and 894 exhibitors from 36 countries (including BPM), underscoring its position as a leading trade fair for the electronics industry.  While those numbers are down from previous shows, there was much pent-up interest. Those who were there were eager to see what’s new. Read more here.

The new BPM310 10th Generation Automated Programmer ran flawlessly. Final numbers for the demo: 1,200 Devices per Hour (DPH) on four 10th Gen Sites with 32 sockets tray-to-tray (TS1500 Tray Stacker). The benchmark devices were BGA153s with a programming time of 38 seconds. By the fourth day of Productronica, the BPM310 cycled through over 30,000 devices! The BPM310 has a maximum configuration of 48 sockets on a smaller platform, with a maximum DPH of 1,432. The BPM310 can be configured with advanced peripherals, such as 3D inspection and fiber laser marker.

“Another Productronica is in the record books,” says Colin Harper, Global Sales Director at BPM. “A big thanks to Adaptsys (BPM’s European Distributor) for another successful show. And thank you to all the visitors that stopped by to see our new universal automated programming system, the BPM310. We’re looking forward to furthering engagement. Prost!”

The BPM310 was received well by numerous electronics manufacturers, who are interested in bringing programming in-house. They are excited by the prospect of a small platform with maximum capacity, including high-density devices, such as eMMC, UFS, and Microcontrollers without the need for multiple site types.

Next Productronica, which happens every two years, will be November 14-17 2023.

Productronica– Day 2

Productronica– Day 2

Day 2 is in the books: more traffic and lots of excitement for BPM’s latest innovation, the BPM310 Automated Programmer. Automotive, Contract Manufacturers and Consumer Electronics companies are among those interested.

The BPM310 is positioned to outperform higher-priced systems and includes advanced features such as WhisperTeach™, on-the-fly vision alignmentCSP supportserializationencryption, and JobMaster while providing true universal technology. 10th Generation site technology supports the broadest range of devices including MCUs, eMMC, NAND, Serial Flash, UFS, and others. Highly configurable, the BPM310 provides options for Tape I/O, Tray I/O, Tube I/O, laser marking, and 3D inspection.

Productronica in Munich Germany is the second-largest electronics trade show in the world and continues through November 19, 2021.

Learn about BPM310 | US Tech Article | BPM310 Press Release

Productronica Day One

Productronica Day One

After a lengthy break from tradeshows, BPM is pleased to showcase its latest innovation: the BPM310 Automated Programming System. The first 10th Generation programmer offers the industry’s fastest programming times for UFSeMMCFlash, and MCUs with twice as many sockets per site as its predecessor. The BPM310 offers a capacity of up to 48 sockets, automotive-level quality, and reliability in a small footprint. 10th Gen delivers the fastest UFS programming performance in the industry achieving up to 440MB per second Read and 201MB per second Write. First-part time is accelerated because UFS programming can commence without pausing for data to download.
“The BPM310 with 32 sockets and TS1500 (tray stacker) is running flawlessly– 6,000 devices and counting,” says Colin Harper, Global Sales Director and Product Manager at BPM Microsystems. “It’s great to connect with customers and industry colleagues. It’s been too long!”
BPM is partnering with its European Distributor, Adaptsys, to launch this new product into the market.
If you are attending Productronica, please come by and see the BPM310 in Hall A1, Stand 353.
BPM will also showcase the BPM310 at APEX in San Diego in January 2022 for the American audience.
Productronica, Day 1 Colin Harper and James Cawkell

Colin Harper, BPM’s Global Sales Director, and James Cawkell, BPM’s Distributor in Europe, show off the latest APS from BPM, the BPM310.

Summer BBQ at BPM

Summer BBQ at BPM

BPM enjoyed some real Texas BBQ at our Summer Barbecue; it was an opportunity to celebrate getting most folks back in our facility in Houston, Texas. Originally, we planned on having it out on the back parking lot, but it was too dad-gum hot. Food was catered by Rudy’s, a Texas BBQ institution: Brisket, Chicken, plus all the trimmings, including some real down-home cobbler and banana pudding. For those of you not fortunate to live near a good Barbecue joint, you can order just about anything and have it delivered just about anywhere– check out their store here.

WhisperTeach™ Virtual Demo

WhisperTeach™ Virtual Demo

WhisperTeach™ Virtual Demo

WhisperTeach is BPM’s patented hardware/software solution to the z-teach in Automated Programming. It makes set-ups fast, easy, and (most importantly) much more accurate than is possible with a human operator. Colin and Scott are hosting this 30-minute (or so) Virtual Demo

  • WhisperTeach Demo
  • Side-by-side comparison of WhisperTeach vs. Manual Teach
  • Q&A

BPM Microsystems WhisperTeach™ | See how Auto-Z Teach makes programming 2X Faster & 3X More Accurate

WhisperTeach™ Webinar, originally live September 29, 2020.

We set up a BPM 3928 Automated Programming System (APS) with exactly the same specs: BGA153 Devices with a 24 second programming time, 16 Sockets on 4 sites, Tray-input, Tray-output, with a small reject tray.

Tray requires 3 locations to be “taught”, plus the rejects tray, plus each of the 16 socket “pockets”.

  • We used two methods to set up the job: The first (on the bottom) is a tradition “manual” teach, which requires a skilled operator.
  • The second is WhisperTeach™, BPM’s patented technology that automates and improves the time/accuracy by mechanically teaching the critical Z-Height, the most difficult part of any set up.

Here are some of the numbers:

  • 10:52 Start Job using WhisperTeach™; Over 22 minutes using traditional teach.
  • 240 Devices programmed with WhisperTeach™ when the other machine produced the first unit.
  • 500 Units WT = 35 Minutes Legacy = 46 Minutes
  • If we use $0.20 per device as a good average, .20x 240 = $48 “free” devices programmed.
  • If only 1 job is taught per shift: $48 * 260 days per year = $12,480 saving per year. = $62,400 over 5 years
  • $187K if a 3-shift operation programs only 1 new device per shift.
  • Another way to look at it is the total number of devices programmed gained!
  • Number of additional devices programmed 240 * 260 days * 3 shifts = 187,200 additional devices per year = 936,000 Devices over 5 years
  • For a programming center with Hi Mix and new jobs weekly the impact could be even bigger!
  • Efficiency and Productivity is only part of the benefit.
  • Let’s discuss the cost of poor quality….COPQ. I think it’s safe to say that all manufacturers have had to rework or scrap boards at one point or another. That’s the Cost of Poor Quality “detection and prevention of product failures is more than offset by the savings in reductions in product failures.”
  • Outputs of poor quality:
  • Direct Cost
  • Rework
  • Scrap
  • Reputation
  • Lost business
  • Opportunity costs
  • Claims Training and Operator Efficiency.
  • Don’t have to be an expert.
  • Same results on 1st shift, 2nd shift 3rd shift.
  • Hosted by Colin Harper, Sales Director at BPM, and Scott Bronstad, Marketing Guy at BPM.