San Francisco - January 30, 2019 — Tempo Automation, the world's finest electronics supplier for prototyping and low-volume production of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA), announces the opening of a new smart factory in San Francisco. Highlighted at DesignCon in Tempo Automation's Booth #200, the company has also introduced new product software upgrades as part of its continued mission to enhance the way electrical engineers, product designers, and manufacturers bring their innovations to market.
With its significant expansion in high-growth markets, including aerospace and defense, medical technology, and autonomous and electric vehicles, Tempo needed to increase its production capacity, opening a new 42,000 square foot smart factory in San Francisco's Design District in August 2018. Tempo's new factory immediately doubled the company's production capacity, with room to expand output even more to satisfy its customers' increasing needs. The new factory also has more business office space to house Tempo's growing software, sales, and marketing teams, which have more than doubled in the last year.
To further accelerate the product development cycle from design to manufacture, Tempo also provides a host of significant product software updates. With these changes, Tempo even more enables engineers to improve the speed with which they can bring their electronics appliances to market.
 
Tempo's new product software updates include:
 
•             The Tempo Order Tracker
 
At each level of the manufacturing process, the Order Tracker automatically showcases status changes-from the initial order, throughout the SMT and evaluation processes on the factory floor, to shipment—giving the customer real-time visibility into the progress of their board build.
 
•             Tempo's Automatic Pick and Place Machine Programming software
 
Tempo's factory is auto-configured for production, as the system evaluates the CAD files and Bill of Material (BOM) data customers upload via the company's web portal. Each machine in the exhibition line is created automatically, and a build plan is published as a digital traveler to the appliances that factory employees use. This update enables Tempo to yield event faster production of PCB assemblies and on-time delivery.
•             Tempo's Automated Optical Inspection Auto-Program Generation software
 
New software revisions from Tempo further the company's capability to create high complexity designs at unrivaled quality and speed by speeding the automated inspection of finished PCB assemblies.
As part of their mission to empower designers to work with manufacturers throughout the entire build process, Tempo also releases at DesignCon a new book, Design for Manufacturing for HDI Printed Circuit Boards: What You Need to Know for Board Build Success. Focused on HDI (High Density Interconnect) PCBA builds, the new literature details the source of HDI manufacturing challenges and shows how engineers can avoid the traps that compromise manufacturing ability. Visitors to the Tempo Automation booth (#200) at DesignCon can receive a free copy of this book.


This article is originally posted on Tronserve.com