So far, with Industry 4.0, the manufacturing industry has always been focused on the efficiency of production, and improving it was the key. However, more recently, corporations also have had to face issues such as increasing labor shortages and rising wages. Chroma introduces the "Object ID Recognition System" to tackle both issues at once, quickly dispatching the raw materials to the right stage on the production line.
Previously, factories had to rely on manual scanning of barcodes for the classification and identification of raw materials, exhausting the work force. Chroma and its partners jointly developed the intelligent "Object ID Recognition System" that quickly recognizes comparable workpieces. It uses single or multiple laser measurement devices to obtain the surface values of objects and compares the results of edge computing with the model characteristics recorded on the host, for instant recognition of the workpiece. There is no need for any temporary label or barcode throughout the specific manufacturing process. This also can eliminate inconveniences such as distorted barcodes that are unreadable due to environmental factors, e.g. high temperature. Laser recognition serves to easily identify the type of workpiece and immediately send it to the right production process or equipment, greatly reducing the time and error rate associated with manual identification.
Chroma MES (manufacturing execution systems) can receive the object ID in real time; it is no longer necessary to use barcode modules, reducing the amount of labor and time. Moreover, Chroma MES can also send bound recipes to the equipment on the line to improve recipe accuracy, matching efficiency, and production yield. Application of object recognition can increase the accuracy of products in quality control, warehouse management, work-in-process management, packaging, and shipping. At the same time, it can weather the manufacturing environment and improve the identification process, enabling mixed production on a single assembly line and facilitating small-scale, mixed mode manufacturing.
Object ID Recognition System Four Characteristics
- Reduce the time and error caused by human identification
- Supplant labels and barcode recognition
- Customize laser measurement equipment to accommodate various product specification
- Integrated with Sajet MES for instant and complete implementation
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