Teams considering poka-yoke or mistake proofing applications typically contact us with a problem in hand. “Can you help us detect this problem?”
We spend a lot of time:
- talking about the product and the mistakes being made
- identifying the error and how to contain it
- and attempting to select the best sensing technology to solve the application.
- sometimes it is a vision solution for error proofing
- many times it is a sensor solution for error proofing
However this can sometimes be the easy part of the project. Many times a great sensor solution is identified but the proper controls inputs are not available or the control architecture doesn’t support analog inputs or network connections. The amount of time and dollar investments to integrate the sensor solution dramatically increases and sometimes the best poka-yoke solutions go un-implemented!”
“Sometimes the best poka-yoke solutions go un-implemented!”
Many of our customers are finding that the best controls architecture for their continuous improvement processes involves the use of IO-Link integrated with their existing architectures. It can be very quickly integrated into the existing controls and has a wide variety of technologies available. Both of these factors make it the best for integrating Poka-yoke or Mistake Proofing due to the great flexibility and easy integration.
Download this whitepaper and read about how a continuous improvement technician installed and integrated an error-proofing sensor in 20 minutes!
