vol.289 February 2025
Reduce man-hours that
could not be reduced before by
individual components
In these days of chronic labor shortages in the manufacturing industry, how to reduce man-hours in development, design, and manufacturing is a major issue.
Reducing the number of components is an effective way to reduce man-hours, but it is not easy to reduce the number of components to meet the required functions.
OMRON reduces man-hours by supplying components that are designed in advance for processes that could not be reduced before.
Man-hours can be reduced by
simply implementing OMRON’s switches and connectors.
Tactile switch and keytop mounting process
For operation panels that use dozens of tactile switches, it is difficult to assemble the keytops after board mounting.
Keytop-integrated Type
B3FS-1 / B3FS-4
Keytops are assembled and reflowable in this state.
The 6 mm-size and the 12 mm-size are aligned at the same height to allow uniform operation position on the same board
FPC/FFC connector mounting process
- We want to save time and effort…
- We want to promote mechanization, but robots are not good at horizontal insertion…
FPC/FFC Connector
XF3M
Because it can also be inserted from diagonally above, it is suitable for automatic insertion of FPC/FFC by a robot and for slider locking.
* Contents as of January 2025.
In the interest of product improvement, specifications are subject to change without notice
