Error-proof Manufacturing Solutions

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SPEDE automated solutions are designed to control quality, increase efficiency and provide 20/20 visibility into your operations. 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 controls and tracks the flow of serialized WIP containers to ensure the correct sequencing of operations is followed. SPEDE checks the correctness at issue to prevent sequencing errors. For easier tracking, the same serial number can be used throughout each operation when possible. 

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. Options for tracking through "blind" processes such as plating, painting, etc.

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

Since no PLC is needed, vision can be used in Pack and Re-pack areas  in addition to line-side use.

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 Labeling solutions use input from PLCs, scales, vision 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.