The science of photonics and optics has emerged to be one of the leading fields of scientific and engineering innovation in the 21st century. One key factor in keeping this wave of innovation and advancement going at full momentum is the effort spent in the training and educating of the next generation of photonics scientists and engineers. More and more students are becoming interested in this field at a younger age, starting at high school or even earlier. This talk explores the role and responsibilities of the industrial photonics and lasers companies in reaching and encouraging this next generation of professionals.
In high volume manufacturing of optoelectronic devices in an industrial setting, automation is the key to success. The devices need to be fundamentally designed with automated manufacturing in mind, otherwise they will not render themselves to automated packaging processes. In addition, it is desirable that the manufacturing machines used to process and assemble the parts to be fully automated turnkey systems that can function with minimal operator interaction. However, other key elements that bring the machine and the product together are the toolings and the fixtures used to hold, manipulate and shape the products. This paper reviews the various issues and design considerations associated with machine tooling as applicable to high volume optoelectronic device production. Recent innovations in this field are discussed. In addition we present and analyze some examples of state-of-the-art machine toolings used in automated photonics assembly lines as well as automated test and measurement device platforms.
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