Within the iQonic project ficonTEC developed the basic software tools for the streaming of data from and to the Process Control Master, the general programming software for all ficonTEC machines.

Figure 1- ficonTEC machine

In combination with the integration of industrial environmental monitoring sensors as additional data sources to the sensors already present in the machines and the setup of a data streaming network all fundamentals have been established. The tools have been integrated into an AL500 machine from project Partner Prima Electro running in full production mode. With this machine a successful streaming of the data from and to the machine was established, allowing the predictions from the project partners to be displayed in parallel to the ongoing assembly process and hence improving the overall yield of the machine.

  Figure 2 – ficonTEC assembly machine for lens alignment. The inset shows a gripping tool holding a lens, a small periscope for beam analysis (front left) as well as two UV head for curing of the epoxy.

The lens in the gripping tool will be aligned in front of a laser diode for beam collimating and fixed in position using UV curable epoxy.