Tokyo Electron engineers fix machines abroad via smart glasses

Travel restrictions accelerate data-driven approach to maintenance services

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A staffer at a semiconductor factory fixes equipment following instructions from a Tokyo Electron specialist, communicated through a pair of smart glasses. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electron)

MASAYA SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- At a semiconductor factory in China, an engineer in white clean-room garb intently follows the instructions coming through a pair of smart glasses on how to fix one of the machines.

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