Manufacturing Process Automation

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SPEDE automated solutions improve quality control at lineside by preventing errors in WIP routing, production reporting, parts identification, scrap detection, counting, packing and labeling. Automating data collection tasks streamlines processes, increases efficiency and provides real-time visibility into operations. SPEDE error-proofing functions include: 

1. Part Inspection
2. Part Serialization
3. Part Counting
4. Traceability
5. Production Reporting
6. Scrap/ Rework
7. Packaging and Labeling
8. QC Holds and Releases

QC Hold Processes include:

• Holds by: part number, part+lot, serial numbers, containers in process
• Container can have multiple holds
• Who, when, why Hold was applied /released
• Future Container holds 

Interfacing to a production machine's PLC allows for reading the PLC's stored data, and providing HMI synchronization for redundant part verification. 

The SPEDE PLC Interfaces include read/writes to:

• Allen Bradley
• Mitsubishi
• Omron
• Siemens

Protocols include:

• Profinet
• Ethernet/IP
• Melsec
• Mod Bus
• FINS  

SPEDE Component Traceability tracks purchased and internally produced component lots through processing and assembly, and ties the End Item Lot to all lots involved upstream. It allows for a single container to have multiple lot codes, as when partial containers are combined. You can use a handheld or vehicle-mount scanner to:

1. Create a SPEDE B.O.M. 
2. Receive raw /purchased components
3. Issue to Line/ Operation
4. Return to stock
5. Track Components by Lot tied to the Container serial number
6. Query lots forward and backward

WIP Operations Traceability tracks and controls the flow of serialized WIP containers to ensure the correct sequencing of operations is followed. SPEDE checks the correctness of the serialized container/ part number when issued to an Operation to prevent sequencing errors, while creating traceability and providing real-time visibility of all WIP at any given point in time. 

Functions include:

1. Routing by WIP/FIN part number
2. Identifies Purchased, Produced, and Component parts used at each operation 
3. Tracks recycles/re-starts
4. Optional tracking through "blind" processes such as plating, painting, etc.

Vision sensors installed at the end of production and in pack and re-pack areas prevent errors in identifying, counting and packing parts. 

SPEDE vision solutions do not require a PLC, which means they can be installed in Pack and Re-pack areas in addition to line-side. 

SPEDE Vision solutions include: 

1. Part validation
2. Part counting - serialized and non-serialized
3. Scrap detection/ counts
4. Optional interface to conveyors / diverters can divert scrap or incorrect parts
5. Packing control
6. Labeling control
7. Reading 2D code on parts for traceability

SPEDE lineside labeling solutions use input from PLCs, scales, vision sensors and/or USB cameras at packing areas to ensure the part number and pack count are correct before triggering a container label to print. 

Highlights include:

1. Sourcing label data from host ERP, EDI, RAS
2. Time-stamp and logging of printed label data in an SQL DB for inventory tracking, shipping, OEE analysis, auditability
3. Backward /Forward item traceability
4. Detailed audit trail of all transactions  

A SQL Server PC on your WiFi or wired network runs the SPEDE Apps to interface to production machine PLCs, Line-side PCs, Vision Sensors, weigh scales, conveyors, cameras, OCR and your host ERP, EDI  and OEE systems. 

A small Bluetooth Beacon can be attached to WIP containers of parts to automatically record their movement. When a container movement is detected, the Beacon transmits its ID to SPEDE and the SPEDE Locator App is updated.

 A small Bluetooth Beacon can be attached to large singular items such as steel coils, to automatically record their movement. The Beacon wakes up and transmits its ID to SPEDE when coil movement is detected, and the SPEDE Locator App is updated.