Hier erfahren Sie, wie Sie den Anlagenbetrieb optimieren und die Produktivität durch Automatisierung steigern können.

Machines are almost always capable of performing better than humans when they are set up, programmed and trialed to meet the standards. This is mainly because machines do not have the physical nor mental limitations humans have and their speed is obviously engineered to be faster. Therefore, whenever you put your time to do some proper research and produce a system to automate a process, it can boost productivity throughout the eco system where it is placed in.

“No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.” – Leonardo Da Vinci. Moving toward automated lines requires a combination of operational flow analysis (aka Value Steam Mapping) and engineering of subprocesses. Constraint identification and management is key to automation planning.

Food processing lines are an excellent example of implementation of automation. A company making drink mixers designed a line to automate portion measuring, blending, mixing, bottling, capping, labeling, case pack, and palletizing. PLCs controlled the line, standard recipes are controlled, and people are away from high speed dangerous equipment. The place is well lit, the jobs are more hi tech than usually seen in food plants, so workforce is more highly paid.

Automated maintenance planning ensures maintenance is performed as at when due; it mimics time based maintenance but it utilizes the exact running hour (eliminating human hour calculation which is never exact) of the equipment thereby ensuring maintenance activities are carried out exactly at the time when they are do.

Vibration analysis has been around since 80s. Heat analysis followed soon after with fluid analysis for metallic particles. This combined with run hour clocks and other sensors provides data for prediction of mechanical wear and failure prevention.

RFID helps reduce the need for manual cycle counts of finished goods inventories. When applied to raw materials and coupled with automated storage and retrieval you can minimize handling damage of product, and assure better control of known presence of parts inventories.

Knowing the really critical measures of parts is key to effective control for assembly and use. There are many rapid scanning devices that work in 3D and 2D as well as being more accurate than human visual inspection, and far faster than CMS devices. Since no inspection ever adds value, automation of these processes with inspection devices brings better compliance.

A automação no controle de processos é um divisor de águas para as operações da planta. Implementando controladores lógicos programáveis (CLPs) e controlo de supervisão e aquisição de dados (SCADA) sistemas, você pode supervisionar e ajustar os processos de sua fábrica com precisão e à distância. Esses sistemas permitem uma qualidade consistente do produto e um ambiente de trabalho mais seguro, reduzindo a necessidade de intervenção humana direta em áreas potencialmente perigosas. Adote a automação no controle de processos e observe como ela transforma a confiabilidade e a consistência de sua linha de produção.