FORMATION OF FIXED EQUIPMENT SETUP FAMILIES FOR POPULATING CIRCUIT BOARDS

摘要

A component placement line for populating circuit boards with components includes fixed equipment including a number of component types that remain unchanged over the planning horizon. A method includes acts of determining a number of circuit board types with associated circuit boards to be populated within the planning horizon on the component placement line and assigning at least a part of the circuit board types to a fixed equipment setup family, wherein all the components for populating a circuit board of a circuit board type in the fixed equipment setup family are encompassed by the fixed equipment, and the assignment is optimized until an assignment quality exceeds a predefined metric.