the visual factory
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The Visual Factory. Light It Up for Quality!. Why Visual Management?. How Do I Turn the Pump On???. Visual Management = Clarity. Make it clear. What to do That it was done correctly If something went wrong What needs to be improved. The Visual Factory Goes Even Further. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Visual Factory
Light It Up for Quality!
Why Visual Management?
How Do I Turn the Pump On???
Visual Management = Clarity
Make it clear
■ What to do
■ That it was done correctly
■ If something went wrong
■ What needs to be improved
The Visual Factory GoesEven Further
Visual management (5S, etc.)
Illumination
+ Indication
Visual Factory
Five Steps to the Visual Factory
1. Illuminate the work area
2. Use light-guided assembly when possible
3. Communicate process status to operators
4. Communicate status to supervisors
5. Communicate plant-wide status
Light Up the Gemba
■ Gemba means “the real place”
■ Proper illumination drives up quality by revealing defects
■ Start by choosing an illumination level (lux)
■ Lux = lumens/m²
■ Example: 1000 lumen light over a 2 m² work surface = 500 lux
Light Up the Gemba
■ Lux level required: ■ The Illumination Engineering Society recommended levels:
Clear Daylight Overcast Daylight TwilightHallway
Light Up the Gemba
■ What is color temperature?
– The temperature of a black bodyradiating a comparable hue tothe LED color
– Higher temperatures (eg., 5000°K)are bluer (cool white)
– Lower temperatures (eg., 2500°K)are yellower (warm white)
■ Why is it important?
– Cool whites produce more contrastin general
– For color-based inspections, the color temperature will be specified such as D50, meaning Daylight 5000°K
What About Light Consistency?
■ The Illumination Engineering Society recommends no more than a 3:1 ratio of light intensity
■ You can get a quick read of this with a Lux meter app on your iPhone
■ See Megaman Lux Meter
Why Use LED Lighting forWork Areas?
■ Flicker-free light
■ Highest efficiency (3 x lumens/W)
■ Long life (50,000 hrs)
■ Non-hazardous materials
■ Compact size
■ Higher color temp
Use Light Guided Assembly
Use Light Guided Assembly
Use Light Guided Assembly
Use Light-Guided Assembly
Banner Offers Four Levels of Guide Lights
Indicators withSensor Arrays
Indicators with Buttons
Simple Indicators
Indicators with Sensors
Communicate Status within the Work Cell
■ The problem with traditional indicators is that they require a panel or enclosure and end up mounted away from the operator’s direct view
■ Banner indicators are designed for direct machine mounting
■ They can also be moved and adjusted for continual improvement
Communicate Status within the Work Cell
Human Factors Engineering
■ According to principles of Human Factors Engineering, visual indicators should be:
– Conspicuous - mount them where they make sense, not simply where the electrical enclosure happens to be mounted
– Unambiguous - indicators should befree of color when in the off state
■ Only EZ-LIGHTs can provide this.
– The color goes to gray whenthe light is off
■ Reduces “visual clutter”
Depending on the ambient lighting, it’s not immediately clear which lights are on and off
Communicate Process Statusat the Cell Level
■ Banner tower lights and beacons arepre-assembled, so theycan be deployed quickly
■ Because they areLED-based, there is no need to take them apart and replace bulbs
Use Wireless to CommunicateStatus Plant Wide
■ The sender and receiver of information are often separated by long distances
■ Wireless solutions are the fastest and most cost-effective way to make the link
■ Continuous improvement: “Decide carefully; implement quickly.”
The Visual Factory Links People to the Process
■ The Visual Factory is the foundation ofall quality systems
■ It enables Kaizen, continuous improvement, by assemblers, supervisors and managers
■ Banner has the widest array of Visual Factory solutions available
Thank You
Questions?