History of Yamaha SMT Business
Starting as the IM Business Unit established in the 1980s, Yamaha SMT has continued to evolve with its customers.
History of Yamaha SMT Business
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2005-2009Representative event:
Social network Services (SNS) widely used 2005
The mounting inspector Mi jointly developed with Yamaha group company i-PULSE.
A pioneering equipment was developed for mounting inspection and traceability, which are the core of Yamaha's "1 Stop Smart Solution" concept.
Product
Mi Representative event: YouTube established
2007
Cumulative shipments reach 20,000 units
Representative event: iPhone (1st generation) goes on sale
2008
The electric feeder SS Feeder goes on sale
The SS Feeder realizes excellent component supply speed and high component positioning accuracy by adopting a newly developed microcomputer controlled ultra-thin motor. This allowed Yamaha SMT to support traceability based on high accuracy mounting with the feeder and to secure next-generation quality.
Product
SS Feeder 2008
The compact high-speed modular mounter YS12 goes on sale; Based on a new concept, it performs the industry's highest level of productivity per area
The "compact, high-speed modular" concept was a major hit and the YS12 continued to be Yamaha SMT's top selling item for the next ten years. The YS88 and YS100 were subsequently put on the market as YS series products.
Product
YS12 
YS88 
YS100 Representative event: Google introduces Android
2008
QA-Option, production support system that improves quality issues in modular mounting systems goes on sale
As a manufacturer that handles a full lineup of SMT equipment, Yamaha SMT developed a platform for linking the inspector and the mounter to collect and analyze a wide range of effective information from the entire SMT process. "QA Option" was born as software that supports customers working on quality issues. This has continued to be a production support system that serves the core of Yamaha's "1 Stop Smart Solution" to the present day.
Product
2009
The high-speed, high-precision, hybrid AOI YSi-12 goes on sale
An AOI was put on the market along with printers and mounters for quality assurance of the SMT process. By combining IT Option, QA Option, and other production support systems, Yamaha's "1 Stop Smart Solution" proposal took off in earnest.
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YSi-12 Representative event: Dyson launched "Dyson Air Multiplier," a bladeless fan
2009
The compact ultra-high speed modular YS24 that performs the world's highest productivity per area goes on sale
This was the turning point at which Yamaha SMT, which began with medium-speed mounters, started being called "No.1 in the world."
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2010-2014Representative event:
Use of big data increases 2011
Cumulative shipments reach 30,000 units
Representative event: Apple founder Steve Jobs dies
2012
The high density modular Z:TA YSM 40 that realizes the industry's highest level of mounting speed and productivity per area goes on sale
As Yamaha's first 4-beam 4-head layout machine, Yamaha SMT launched a mounter featuring the world's highest level of productivity. A newly developed "ZS Feeder" that supports Z:TA's high speed pick-up was also put on the market.
Product
YSM40 
ZS Feeder 2013
Merged with i-PULSE, a major figure in multi purpose mounters
Yamaha SMT merged with i-PULSE, a company renowned for its multi-purpose mounters for Odd-shape components, which had produced models such as the M10 and M20. The tenacity of i-PULSE's enthusiastic engineers was added to Yamaha family.
Company
i-PULSE 2014
Annual sales reach 30 billion yen
2014
The AOI YSi-V, which incorporates all high-speed high-resolution 2D inspections, height, and sloped surface 3D inspections, and 4-direction oblique image inspections in one unit, goes on sale
The YSi-V was put on the market. It was a breakthrough in terms of Yamaha SMT's process inspection systems. With its repeatability enabled by the high rigidity body used for mounters and system performance that will not miss failures in various 2D /3D inspections, the YSi-V rapidly increased Yamaha's market share.
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Representative event: A smart speaker appears on the market
2014
The world's fastest in class, high efficiency modular mounter, the Z:LEX YSM20, that can efficiently perform a wide range of production types, goes on sale
The Z:LEX YSM20 is a high efficiency modular mounter that has the versatility to flexibly and efficiently support different types of production for various items and the world's fastest mounting performance in its class. Featuring the world's highest productivity in High-Mix production, the Z:LEX YSM20 brought about a giant leap for the world's high-speed multi purpose mounters.
Product
SMD Production Line Machine, High Speed PICk And Place Machine, High Quality SMT PICk And Place Machine
AutomatIC PICk And Place Machine For Sheets, SMT Chip Mounter / PICk And Place Machine, Guillotine PCB Separator, Multi Blade PCB Separator, Separator Machine PCB, Manual PCB Separator, Guillotine Type PCB Separator, PCB Depaneling Machine, PCB Depanelizer, PCB Depaneling PCB Router, PCB Depaneling Router, PCB Router, PCB Router Drill, V Cut PCB Separator
