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10th Edition: The Impact of Conveyor Transports on Factory Performance at Infineon’s 200-mm Fab |
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Feb 03, 2005 at 04:25 PM |
HARALD
HEINRICH, Infineon Technologies, Dresden GmbH & Co. OHG, Dresden,
Germany
ADRIAN PYKE, Middlesex General Industries Inc.,
Woburn, MA, USAABSTRACT
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first large-scale application of a conveyor based transport network in
front-end manufacturing is discussed. The network design unifies the
inter and intra bay WIP delivery for the first time. Its rationale lies
in better performance of the Factory Operating Characteristic Curve
(cycle time vs. tool utilization).
Its promise for the future is
stocker-less operation, small batch sizes, tool to tool direct
transport (short cycle time), and tight control loops. In the
development of these issues the Infineon Fab is a laboratory for all
future factory designs. The paper reports on current status and
outlines future targets defined by the most sophisticated factory
simulation ever attempted.
 The Impact of Conveyor Transports on Factory Performance at Infineon's (Siemens) 200-mm Fab
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