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I/Gear LEP for automotive: |
The Problem |
The Solution |
| I/Gear® LEP is a label error proofing solution developed for automotive suppliers that ship parts in containers or totes. |
A bad label is a bad part. The practice of centrally batch printing labels and manually distributing labels to the manufacturing floor produces several opportunities for simple mistakes including:
1. Incorrect quantity of parts being packed in a container
2. Incorrect label being placed on the container |
I/Gear® LEP eliminates quantity and label errors by meeting these automotive container label requirements:
1. Individual container labels are to be printed as containers are filled
2. Container labels are to be printed at the production line or where containers are packed
3. The printing of container labels is to be automatically triggered by a PLC |
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Before I/Gear LEP: |
| Labels are printed in advance for multiple product runs that are produced on multiple production lines. The labels must make their way to the right production line at the right time and must not be mixed or misplaced once they arrive at the line. |
After I/Gear LEP: |
I/Gear LEP is comprised of two main components: a single Windows computer and one or more LEP GearBox™ stations. The LEP GearBox™ is connected to the production line in order to count good parts or receive a request for container validation. Once a container is full (based on part count or weight check), a label is requested from the I/Gear computer and an automotive approved label is printed at the production line.
The I/Gear computer communicates with the supplier’s existing EDI/label printing application via a “print to file” function or an open standard such as OLEDB, ODBC, Web Service, XML file, or text file.
I/Gear LEP also includes:
• A web interface for configuring part types, container quantity, label quantity, etc.
• Historical data collection and web reports for container label traceability
• Expandability to provide lot control and component error proofing |
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About I/Gears LEP GearBox: |
The LEP GearBox™ is an industrial workstation that contains a label printer, an interface to the operator and discrete interfaces to the manufacturing process. The operator interface is comprised of a part selector, a reprint button, a system health indicator, a part counter display and a keyed counter adjustment. The part selector allows the user to manually specify the current part (up to 99 different parts) or set the system for automated part selection. In automated part selection mode, an external control system will inform the LEP GearBox™ of the current part via digital I/O. The reprint button allows the operator to request a new label in the event that the produced label was damaged or unreadable. The system health indicator informs the operator if the system is running low on released container labels from the enterprise system or any other current fault. The part counter shows the operator the quantity of good parts that have been placed into the current container and is driven from an existing part sensor or control system via digital I/O. When the part counter hits the goal configured for the part or after the container weight is validated via a GearBox™ connection to a weigh scale, the container label(s) will print automatically. The counter adjustment allows the current part count to be incremented or decremented in the event that parts need to be manually added or removed. The GearBox may also be configured to receive a manual input based on visual inspection before releasing the appropriate label to the printer.
Dimensions: D23”, W27”, H50” (pictured above). |
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