Surface-mount investment improves drive quality
A
Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 18, 2008
Two advanced surface mount lines have been installed for the high speed production of control cards and power boards used in Parker SSD Drives' range of AC, DC and servo products.
A significant level of ongoing investment in new production technology and practices at Parker SSD Drives' European headquarters in Littlehampton is playing a crucial role in enabling the company to improve its product quality and delivery time still further, helping customers maximise productivity and profitability.
Parker SSD Drives is a division of Parker Hannifin, the world's leading manufacturer of motion and control technologies, and the new investment is allowing the company to integrate its UK operation more effectively with other Parker production centres around the world.
The latest investment has been in two advanced surface mount lines for the high speed production of control cards and power boards used in Parker SSD Drives' range of AC, DC and servo products.
Roy Stout, Littlehampton Plant Manager, explains that the surface mount lines have: "Been designed to maximise throughput while producing the highest levels of quality, as part of our ISO9001:2000 quality control procedures".
"The lines use the latest screen print, component feeding, wave soldering and pick and place technologies, and are controlled from a centralised computer system that enables us to setup and manage each production batch extremely efficiently".
"As a result, we have been able to improve overall uptime in this department by around 70% and, perhaps as importantly, to minimise setup times, with greater production flexibility and less wastage".
A further benefit of the latest investment in the surface mount lines, along with improvements elsewhere in production processes has been the ability for Parker SSD Drives to shorten its product delivery times.
As Stout points out: "It is our customers who will really benefit from this new investment, as it is already allowing us to deliver 99.8% of all customer orders on or before the customer request date".
"This is a terrific achievement and a reflection on the dedication and skills of our production staff".
Further investment, bringing the total this year alone to almost GBP 0.5 million, has been made to make many of Parker SSD Drives' manufacturing processes compliant with the RoHS Directive.
This is designed to restrict the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and has involved changes in components and raw materials.
Stout highlights: "This is crucial if we are to maintain our position as the leading global manufacturer of high technology products and the company that sets best practice standards".
"In addition, by becoming RoHS compliant we can provide our customers with the assurance that our drives meet all of the required technical and commercial legislation, today and in the future".
Not what you're looking for? Search the site.
Contact Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division
Tel (00800 27 27 5374)
Visit Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division website
Other Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division stories
-
AC drives permit wider use of magnet motors
Parker Hannifin has launched a range of AC drives that allows energy-efficient permanent magnet motors to be used in a wide range of pump, fan and compressor applications. -
Parker Hannifin saw motor maintains 40m/s speed
Parker Hannifin has developed a hydraulic saw motor that automatically maintains an optimum cutting speed of 40m/s for 35 per cent faster cutting. -
Profinet brings AC890 drives to Ethernet users
Parker Hannifin has launched an open Ethernet-based networking communications module for its AC890 range of drives. -
Parker PFD provides real-time awareness
Parker's electromechanical automation division has announced the release of the Parker Factory Display (PFD) visualisation system. -
Parker controls boost wind turbine productivity
Parker Hannifin is providing power conversion systems and generators for a wind turbine design from Green Energy Technologies.
Browse by category
-
Capital Equipment (3,526)
- Capital Equipment (1)
- Compressors and Air Treatment (543)
- Electrical hardware (131)
- Electronics Manufacturing, Tools, Instruments (192)
- Machinery and Production Equipment (1,133)
- Manufacturing Machinery and Plant Equipment (477)
- Production line blowers and fans (74)
- Robotics, Handling and Storage (975)
- Consultancy and Services (924)
-
Control and Instrumentation (5,132)
- Cabling, Conduit, Signal Conditioning (817)
- CNC and Motion Controllers (190)
- Control and Instrumentation (3)
- HMIs/Operator Interfaces (297)
- Logic Controllers, Timers and Relays (96)
- Mid-range and Large PLCs (203)
- Plant- and Machine-Wide Communications (1,205)
- Plantwide control (1,354)
- Power Supplies, Uninterruptible Power (575)
- Smaller-Sized PLCs (392)
-
Drives, Motors and Controls (3,442)
- Drives, Motors and Controls (2)
- Industrial Drives/Controls (1,290)
- Industrial Motors (502)
- Linear Drives and Motors (121)
- Precision Motors and Gears (432)
- Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls (1,093)
-
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Design (4,312)
- Batteries, chargers and circuit protection (584)
- Connectors, Terminals, Busbars, Slip Rings (719)
- Electrical and Electronic Components (650)
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Design (3)
- Electrical and Electronic Subassemblies (376)
- Enclosures and Equipment Cooling Fans (722)
- Knobs, Handles and Enclosure Hardware (430)
- PCs and Embedded Systems (828)
-
Engineering Design Software (6,374)
- 2D CAD software (203)
- 3D CAD software (1,195)
- CAM, CNC, production management software (583)
- Data, document management software (323)
- Electrical design software (167)
- Engineering Design Software (17)
- FEA and structural analysis software (377)
- File conversion software, data capture (358)
- Fluid, thermal, noise, vibration software (339)
- Materials design and moulding design software (153)
- Maths, charting, statistics, QA software (325)
- PLM and collaboration software (664)
- Process, instrumentation, automation software (269)
- Publishing and documentation software (234)
- Rendering, visualisation, styling software (208)
- Simulation, modelling, validation software (959)
-
Engineering Industry News, Resources (6,212)
- Electronic Resources for Engineers (278)
- Engineering Business News, Views (388)
- Engineering Conferences (438)
- Engineering Education, Resources, Standards (850)
- Engineering Exhibitions, Events (577)
- Engineering Guides, Newsletters (366)
- Engineering Industry Developments, Awards (636)
- Engineering Industry News, Resources (4)
- Engineering Industry Reports, Surveys (597)
- Engineering Recruitment, Employment (219)
- Engineering Seminars (418)
- Engineering Training Courses (458)
- Health and Safety Consultancy, Software (180)
- Health and Safety Events, Training, News (285)
- Health and Safety Legislation (403)
- Health and Safety Strategy, Risk Assessment (115)
- Machine Building (4,623)
-
Materials and Processing (3,037)
- Materials and components (2,268)
- Materials and Processing (5)
- Materials processing and testing (292)
- Rapid Prototyping (472)
-
Monitoring, Measurement and Quality (5,665)
- Data Acquisition Hardware and PC I/O Boards (490)
- Data acquisition Software and Communications (505)
- Data loggers (428)
- Electrical and Electronic Testing, PAT Equipment (644)
- Form/co-ordinate, optical, vision instruments (762)
- Gauges, Indicators and Instruments (449)
- Materials testing equipment (435)
- Monitoring, Measurement and Quality (1)
- Telecomms/network test equipment, software etc (159)
- Testing and Calibration Services and Information (520)
- Testing, analysing and monitoring equipment (1,272)
-
Powertrain Design (3,716)
- Bearings (985)
- Chains and belts (333)
- Gears, brakes, couplings and engines (1,477)
- Hydraulic Components (475)
- Lubricants (441)
- Powertrain Design (4)
-
Sensors (7,296)
- Accelerometers and Vibration Sensors (449)
- Barcode Sensors (103)
- Flowmeters and Flow Sensors (645)
- Gas, Chemical, Radiation, Magnetic Sensors (291)
- Humidity and Environmental Sensors (158)
- Level Sensors and Leak Detectors (538)
- Linear Position Sensors (416)
- Loadcells, Force Sensors, Torque Sensors (731)
- Pressure sensors (641)
- Proximity Sensors (715)
- Rotary Position, Tilt and Angular Sensors (563)
- Sensors (12)
- Temperature sensors (622)
- Vision and Colour Sensors (1,412)
- Small Mechanical Components, Joining, Tools (2,051)
- Valves, Pumps, Process Hardware (3,727)
