Kitting and Sequencing
Build Kits and Assemblies Quickly and Accurately
Kitting involves assembling separate but related items into a single unit or kit that is packaged together.
In Just In Time (JIT) manufacturing, sequencing refers to delivering kits of materials to the next station exactly when they are needed to ensure maximum efficiency.
For example, in automotive manufacturing, kits of parts are delivered to the next stage of production at exactly the time that a kit is needed. Assembling kits in this way is also known as "offline kitting."
Pick-to-light solutions help ensure kits are assembled accurately at a fast pace and can be delivered to the next stage of production at the right time.
Ensuring Quality in Kit Building is Essential
Kitting and sequencing applications can be challenging because kits and other assemblies are often made of many different components. Each kit must be assembled correctly to ensure that end users, or assemblers at the next stage of production, receive a complete kit.
Due to the number of items, and the variety of kits that may be assembled at a station, it can be easy for assemblers to lose track of what has already been put in the kit. For example, they may accidentally leave out items or add duplicate items, which increases costs and makes parts inventory management a challenge.
Manually verifying that each kit is complete, and does not contain duplicates, is time-consuming and prone to error. Therefore, it is necessary a solution that can streamline assembly tasks and verify accuracy.
Just In Time sequencing applications depend on a fast, accurate kit building to ensure that kits arrive at the next station at the right time and contain all of the necessary parts.
Ensure Quality Even in Large, Complex Assemblies
- At stations where multiple different kits are assembled, specific colors can be assigned for each kit. Pick-to-light devices illuminate with the corresponding color, such as blue, alerting the operator to pick items from all the bins with blue lights.
- Devices with an alphanumeric display indicate the quantity of each item to pick.
- After an operator has transferred the items from each pick bin to the color-matched kit bin, they press the blue touch button to signal that they are finished, and the light turns off.
- The process is repeated with additional colors, and once all the lights are off, that round of kit is complete.
Check Pick Accuracy in Real Time
- Pick-to-light devices with optical sensing capabilities can be used to check picks for accuracy in real time.
- These devices detect when a hand reaches into a bin and breaks the sensing beam or array.
- When picks are executed correctly, yellow LEDs confirm that the operator picked from the right bin.
- If the operator reaches into the wrong bin (for example, to pick the wrong item or pick a piece out of order), a light turns red indicating an error.
Reduce Wasted Time and Save Costs
- Light-guided solutions speed up onboarding time for new employees, as well as training on new product assembly. Different colors of lights are easy to interpret quickly with minimal training.
- Pick-to-light solutions reduce time wasted re-reading instructions, as well as checking and re-checking work.
- By verifying parts at each step, pick-to-light solutions can reduce errors during the assembly process and save time during quality inspections downstream.
- Improving efficiency at both assembly and inspection stages reduces overhead costs and increases profitability.
Pick-to-Light Devices
La Serie K50 Pro Touch include diversi indicatori versatili con indicazione grande e brillante e funzionalità di commutazione a stato solido, attivabili con un semplice tocco. Ideale per sistemi di produzione "lean" e processi di prelievo guidato da contenitori. I pulsanti K50 Serie Pro Touch riuniscono in un unico dispositivo una tecnologia consolidata, una struttura robusta e tutta la versatilità dei LED RGB. I pulsanti K50 Pro a sfioramento sono compatibili con il software Pro Editor per una facile personalizzazione.
- Indicatori a LED brillanti in combinazione con funzionalità di commutazione attivabili dal semplice tocco.
- I modelli compatibili sono programmabili con il software Pro Editor di Banner e il cavo Pro Converter per la personalizzazione dei colori e delle animazioni
- Struttura robusta con grado di protezione IP67 e IP69K per applicazioni di lavaggio ad alta pressione
- Il design ergonomico elimina lo sforzo fisico prodotto dalla pressione del pulsante, evitando la sollecitazione di mani e polsi
- Ideale per applicazioni pick-to-light e con pulsante di chiamata in un'ampia gamma di settori e ambienti - da alimenti e bevande al settore automotive
- Fino a quattordici variazioni di colori in un singolo dispositivo (verde, rosso, giallo, blu, bianco, ciano, magenta, arancio, ambra, lime, primavera, blu cielo, viola e rosa)
- I modelli IO-Link dispongono di funzionalità Pro complete gestite dinamicamente da un dispositivo master, oltre a controllo a LED singolo per la personalizzazione completa dello stato.
Pick to Light Devices
Versione più piccola dei dispositivi Serie K50, il modello Serie K30 Pick-to-Light comprende un indicatore dalla luce brillante con funzioni di commutazione a stato solido attivabili mediante un comando "touch".
- Il design ergonomico elimina lo sforzo fisico prodotto dalla pressione del pulsante, evitando la sollecitazione di mani e polsi
- Funzionamento semplice, bastano pochi tocchi sul touch-screen
- Facile azionamento a mani nude o con i guanti da lavoro
- Struttura robusta con grado di protezione IP69K per applicazioni di lavaggio ad alta pressione
- Ideale per applicazioni di prelievo guidato "pick-to-light" e come pulsanti di richiamo, in numerosi settori
- Disponibile nella versione a 1 o 2 colori, per rispondere alle esigenze di una vasta gamma di applicazioni
