Monitor and improve the efficiency of production processes.
Challenge:
The challenge concerns a large company that produces tires and tooling for the production of tires. The problem described takes place in a department with 30 machines, all equipped with PLC/PAC or CNC controllers and able to provide data. The workplace affected by the challenge is an automatic painting station (one workplace in the department).
The challenge is to replace the manual selection of the paint recipe with an automatic selection that will occur after the operator scans the barcode assigned to the product. Due to the fact that currently the selection is made manually on the panel and the operator still has to scan the barcode, this would shorten the time needed to make one piece. After selecting the appropriate program, painting will start. The process will be repeated individually for each piece delivered to the workstation. For proper operation, IT support is needed to connect the machine controller to the system containing the barcode data.
Main Requirements:
- Improved machine utilization,
- Optimization of production (time needed to make an item).