Products

We offer software products, tools and libraries for plant control and plant remote control, for communication between MES systems and machines, collection, transmission and archiving of data, transport and transfer of material and machine monitoring.

These tools are, as required, available as standalone solutions or as basic components for individual projects.

FlexGEM – HOST COMMUNICATION PACKAGE

Software solution for integrating equipment in factory systems

  • Scalable architecture
  • XML configuration
  • Low integration effort
  • Transparent communication (internal & external)
  • Complete test environment
  • Autonomous integration
  • Compact “minimal footprint” solution
Supported platforms:
  • .NET (C #, Visual Basic)
  • JAVA
  • Linux, Solaris, Embedded (ANSI C)
  • Standard PC hardware

The FlexGEM software solution is the link for successfully integrating a system into an SECS based factory system.

The scalable client-server architecture enables easy and fast implementation of a SEMI-compliant interface full SECS, GEM and PV2 functionality.

Its heartpiece is the FlexGEM server. It communicates on the one hand with the MES / host system and, on the other hand, with the GEMClient instances integrated into the control software of the equipment.

Minimal integration efforts for full functionality.

Using the innovative, micro services based aKit solution, you can control individual machines, inline or cluster tools. SEMI automation standards are fully integrated. Common hardware components are supported out of the box and require no programming. Handling sequences are editable. The integration of process modules is based on the micro services architecture and therefore easy to accomplish.

Machine control with aKit means faster time to market of your machine and reduction of software costs.

  • applicable to all machine types
  • the software is composed from finished components and matched to the hardware used in the target machine
  • Extensible for specialized components, tool specific components
  • Recipe editor and process overviews are supplied for adaptation
  • SEMI-compliant MES interface
  • complete integration of SEMI standards into the machine control software
  • modern, microservices based software architecture
  • Publish/Subscribe architecture for lose coupling of the components and easy expansion and integration of Industrie 4.0 communication and IoT components

Technological Advantages of aKit

component based throughout
  • aKit divides and conquers. Each service and task is realized in a separate component. This bring enormous cost and time savings for software maintenance, upkeep and customization.
Separation of Logic and Visualization
  • aKit separates logic and visualization completely. You are free to realize any operating concept and GUI design. A sample application based on SEMI E95 is included.
Hardware Abstraction
  • aKit consistently relies on a hardware abstraction layer. Off-the-shelf and specialized hardware components can thus be integrated quickly and easily.
SEMI compliant MES interface.
  • aKit includes a complete MES-enabled solution according to SEMI industry standards SECS/GEM and 300mm. The MES connection does not need to be implemented as an additional or backpack solution.
Software bus system
  • aKit uses an open software bus system and can therefore be operated on distributed systems. aKit relies fully on a publish/subscribe implementation. This makes it ready for the next generation of decentralized factory and industrial communication and control..
Support for diverse platforms
  • aKit component interfaces are based on open standards. The software is portable and therefore operable on different platforms.

aKit – GENERIC EQUIPMENT CONTROL SOFTWARE

aKit is a modular software solution for the manual and fully automatic control of production equipment, especially in the semiconductor, solar and flat screen industries

aKit – GENERIC EQUIPMENT CONTROL SOFTWARE

aKit is a modular software solution for the manual and fully automatic control of production equipment, especially in the semiconductor, solar and flat screen industries

Using the innovative, micro services based aKit solution, you can control individual machines, inline or cluster tools. SEMI automation standards are fully integrated. Common hardware components are supported out of the box and require no programming. Handling sequences are editable. The integration of process modules is based on the micro services architecture and therefore easy to accomplish.

Machine control with aKit means faster time to market of your machine and reduction of software costs.

  • applicable to all machine types
  • the software is composed from finished components and matched to the hardware used in the target machine
  • Extensible for specialized components, tool specific components
  • Recipe editor and process overviews are supplied for adaptation
  • SEMI-compliant MES interface
  • complete integration of SEMI standards into the machine control software
  • modern, microservices based software architecture
  • Publish/Subscribe architecture for lose coupling of the components and easy expansion and integration of Industrie 4.0 communication and IoT components

Technological Advantages of aKit

component based throughout
  • aKit divides and conquers. Each service and task is realized in a separate component. This bring enormous cost and time savings for software maintenance, upkeep and customization.
Separation of Logic and Visualization
  • aKit separates logic and visualization completely. You are free to realize any operating concept and GUI design. A sample application based on SEMI E95 is included.
Hardware Abstraction
  • aKit consistently relies on a hardware abstraction layer. Off-the-shelf and specialized hardware components can thus be integrated quickly and easily.
SEMI compliant MES interface.
  • aKit includes a complete MES-enabled solution according to SEMI industry standards SECS/GEM and 300mm. The MES connection does not need to be implemented as an additional or backpack solution.
Software bus system
  • aKit uses an open software bus system and can therefore be operated on distributed systems. aKit relies fully on a publish/subscribe implementation. This makes it ready for the next generation of decentralized factory and industrial communication and control..
Support for diverse platforms
  • aKit component interfaces are based on open standards. The software is portable and therefore operable on different platforms.

FABSpecs – HOST SIMULATION AND TESTING TOOL

For simulating and testing the communication between a factory host or MES system and a production tool.

Ensure the compliance of your host interface implementation with the SEMI standards:

  • HSMS via TCP / IP or SECS-I via RS 232 (Windows only.)
  • The communication protocol SECS-II
  • Scenarios for GEM, PV2, 300mm functionality.

Test specific automation sequences from the host or MES specifications of the fab:

  • Single function tests
  • Manual step-by-step function tests
  • Automated test sequences of all functions.

Hardware and software environment of FABSpecs

No special hardware is required to use FABSpecs. All connections use the TCP / IP standard protocol to transfer the data when using HSMS. For SECS-I communications you must have a serial port and be using the software on Microsft Windows. FABSpecs is written in Java and only requires that a Java Runtime Environment (JRE least 2) is installed. This makes FABSpecs platform-independent and runs on Microsoft Windows, GNU Linux and other operating systems.

FABSpecs uses Jython as a scripting engine for complex custom scripts. Java as a runtime environment and Python as a scripting language are an effective combination and make FABSpecs open to new questions and solutions to problems.

The FABSpecs host simulation environment is and remains free.

Visit the FABSpecs community and exchange with other users.

Please contact us if you need support, further documentation and special test scripts, or you would like to purchase the automatic GEM qualification checklist.

We will be pleased to make you an offer.

Free software projects live from the commitment and enthusiasm of their developers and their users. If you want improvements or extensions for FABSpecs or testcripts, please do not hesitate to contact us. Would you like to help with the further development and make the results available to other users? You are welcome!

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FABSpecs 0.19.1.0 Setup

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