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Production Monitoring, TAKT Timer and Lean manufacturing Controller with SD card memory |
| Record actual production count, production goal, deviation and production efficiency. Also display TAKT times and record historical data on an SD memory card than can be taken to any computer for future data analysis. |
TAKT Timer with production counter and production statistic history storage that will monitor up to 10 production lines simultaneously. This reference guide covers the DD-117A0-PROD1 production monitoring system.
Traditionally, TAKT time is the time it takes to fabricate and ship one product, and is established by dividing the number of orders in hand by the number of working hours in a day. In addition to the programmable TAKT Timer, the Production TimeKeeper™ also contains a user-settable scale Counter which allows the user to set the TAKT time to the time it takes to fabricate product lots. Processing lots. TAKT times of less than one second do not work well with this system. When it takes less than one second to process one production unit, it is advisable to setup the system to process in lots. In this case, set the scale factor to a standard lot size and set the TAKT time to the correct time to process one lot.
The Production TimeKeeper™ allows production monitoring using running, or static/shift goals. The running goal is calculated from the TAKT time and scale count while the static, or shift goal is easily entered by the user.
The Production TimeKeeper™ monitors production and conveniently displays the results as a deviation, and percentage between the production goal and the amount actually produced. In addition to monitoring production the Production Timekeeper™ also tracks down-time, and other critical time events like the number of times the TAKT time expired. All of this data is stored in a conveniently accessible history memory.
Sometimes specific events occur that need to be recorded that are in addition to the standard events. This system includes an external port to permit special events to be recorded. For example: Machine jammed, out of material, lunch break, fire drill, service door opened, or any other event. The events can be entered manually or directly from a machine output.
There are three warning counts called Yellow Blink (Blnk), Yellow Warning (Yel) and Red Warning (Red). These warnings can be used to indicate whether the actual time is longer or shorter than the TAKT time and determine whether there is a problem with production or whether a particular operator is slower or faster or whether the TAKT time is too long or too short. Ideally, the TAKT time should be set such that the yellow blink count and the yellow warning count increments the same as the actual count, but that the Red warning count always remains at zero. The production workers can observe the Green-Yellow-Red Andon Indicators to determine whether they are ahead or behind the expected TAKT time. These Indicators are great for Slide-Lines where several production workers need to synchronize together. The Yellow Blink (Blnk) warning indicates the number of times the Yellow Blink time was reached before the TAKT time expired to complete a production unit. If the TAKT time is 100 seconds and the Yellow Blink time is 20 seconds, then this count will be incremented if it takes 80 or more seconds to complete a production unit. The Yellow (Yel) warning indicates the number of times the Yellow Warning time was reached before the TAKT time expired to complete a production unit. If the TAKT time is 100 seconds and the Yellow Warning time is 10 seconds, then this count will be incremented if it takes 90 or more seconds to complete a production unit. The Red (Red) warning indicates the number of times it took longer than the TAKT time to complete a production unit.
The Production TimeKeeper™ will save production data each time the Production Timekeeper™ is reset. The events 0 to 11 shown in table 1 are saved, and then the Counters are reset to zero and the Timers are set to their preset values.
Actual Time since the most recent wigit was started. This value is in seconds. Red warning indicator count. This indicator occurs after the TAKT time has expired. Yellow warning indicator count. This indicator occurs during the TAKT time prior to the red warning indicator. When this occurs is user-programmable. Yellow blink indicator count. This indicator occurs during the TAKT time prior to the red warning indicator. When this occurs is user-programmable.
The following events are recorded whenever one of the remote inputs Run, Pause, Stop or Next is activated. The recording of these events can be individually enabled or disabled using the Setup Event Save menu.
The RUN mode was started. The value field will be the downtime in seconds. The RUN mode was paused. The value field will be the actual time in seconds. The RUN mode was stopped. The value field will be the actual time in seconds. A new unit is completed. The value field will be the actual time in seconds to complete this wigit. The history memory was saved to the SD card. The value field contains the number of entries stored. The history memory was cleared. The value field contains the number entries in the history memory at the time it was cleared. A remote “KPn command was received. The 'n' is the value portion of the event.
The Production Timekeeper™ provides two different methods for management of Goal values:
In the running goal mode, the Production TimeKeeper™ calculates the running goal. It does this by adding the scale count to the goal count each time the takt time expires.
In the static/shift goal mode, the user enters the desired goal count as a preset value. In this mode, that value does not change until the user reconfigures it.
In either mode, the DD-117A will display the goal count, the actual count, the calculated deviation between the goal and actual counts, and the calculated efficiency (the percentage of actual production versus the production goal). The reader board displays the goal count, the actual count, and the efficiency.
For scheduled breaks or shift changes, you can stop the TAKT timer without starting the downtime timer. Press the remote Stop button (remote input, IN3). Alternatively, this remote input can be connected to a time clock with pre-programmed break and shift times.
The second entry is the Display address. You can use any address here so long as it matches the address that is configured into the Display. See the Display documentation for configuring display addresses. The Addresses are in ASCII characters starting at '0' and going up to and including 'O'.
| DC117A_PROD1 - Production monitoring system controller monitors many production paramaters including Goal, Actual, Deviation, Efficiency, TAKT time and many other parameters with SD Card Memory. |
$695.00
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