AUTOMATION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL OR NOTHING – AN EXAMPLE OF A STEPWISE APPROACH - (PPT)

摘要

Step wise approach to automation benefits: Reduced high risk areas of proposed process and design. Validated the improvement of part quality before sinking large capital costs. Increased production rate relative to current process while verifying the automated solution would meet future production rates. Updated process timing based on real machine run time. Ensured ROI warrants process automation based on process timing, demonstration machine costs, costs of modifications and additions, and success of automation. Reduce overall cost of production machine by eliminating high risks, modifying demo machines, and potentially reducing full cell start up and validation.