By using portable data collection devices, this automotive-part stamping plant was able to collect and use data in a flexible manner.
The stamping presses stand in a row, 10 of them, each two or more stories tall and a half a football field long. They pump out parts, massive amounts of them every hour, 23 hours a day. On an LED, the number of parts produced click by and the raw, dull-silver components, roll out from the presses’ jaws and are offloaded by robot onto conveyor belts where operators load them up onto holding fixtures.