Integrating smart solutions can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Let the experts at Atlas Copco guide you on your journey to Smart Connected Assembly!
Finding defects during assembly is bad enough, but it’s worse knowing that they affect your profitability and pull your operators away from other applications to correct the issue. However, warranty claims as the result of faulty products are even worse. Now, you’re faced with having to repair or replace hundreds of items, which can affect your productivity and company reputation.
When our customer, a major electric vehicle manufacturer, was faced with several warranty claims that were affecting their assembly, they reached out to our experts, knowing there was a better way to catch quality issues before they made it out of the facility. Read on to discover the source of their quality issues and the smart integrated solutions that changed their assembly for the better.
Smart solutions: The future of manufacturing
To compete with your competition, you need to start integrating smart assembly tools and solutions into your production. Smart tooling can completely change your entire operation by catching errors in real time, saving you the hassle of finding them later during assembly.
When our customer reached out, they were using non-smart tooling. This meant no error-proofing was being used during assembly, which led to several warranty claims that resulted in a significant cost to their bottom line. Now they were correcting their mistakes instead of focusing on new applications.
Meet their unique Atlas Copco ensemble
Our experts listened to their dilemmas and knew just the solutions to introduce them to. First, they introduced them to our IxB tooling–our collection of tools that improve quality, profitability, and efficiency in production.
Perfectly designed to bring any facility into the future of Industry 4.0, our line of IxB tooling combines the tool and the integrated controller to reduce the risk of errors from human factors, eliminate costly and time-consuming mistakes, and much more. With this in mind, our experts knew that Tensor IxB tooling would be perfect for this customer.
We also introduced our customer to SQS (Scalable Quality Solution). SQS is a comprehensive error-proofing software that guides operators through the operation. In this way, it will drive quality and traceability in our customer’s assembly stations. With operator guidance on their side, their assembly will significantly improve.
Lastly, for data collection, we introduced them to ToolsNet 8. This software will keep track of all their fastenings, providing them with full traceability and improved quality. This will optimize their assembly, keeping them organized and all their important information in one location.
Why choose Atlas Copco?
With these smart solutions in their assembly, our customer will have a smoother manufacturing experience. While SQS guides operators through the assembly process, their IxB tooling will alert them to any mistakes made on the line, while ToolsNet 8 runs in the background, collecting tightening data. With this data, they can then look for patterns in their assembly and find resolutions to reoccurring problems.
Are you ready to take your facility into the future of Industry 4.0? Contact the experts at Atlas Copco to learn more about our smart connected assembly solutions to discover if they’re right for you!