Title :
Now we have ATE: who´s going to maintain it?
Author_Institution :
Restor Ind. Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
Abstract :
The authors discuss original equipment manufacturer maintenance and self-maintenance with emphasis on hardware maintenance of in-circuit ATE (automatic test equipment). Issues such as software and fixture maintenance are also addressed. Maintenance is analyzed from an economics standpoint, and issues of jeopardy and practicality are discussed
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; economics; maintenance engineering; economics; in-circuit ATE; self-maintenance; Automatic test equipment; Automatic testing; Companies; Contracts; Costs; Fixtures; Hardware; Production; Protection; Software maintenance;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON '89. IEEE Automatic Testing Conference. The Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Automatic Testing in the Next Decade and the 21st Century. Conference Record.
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.1989.81142
