Currently, with the exponential evolution of new automation technologies, large
industries are increasingly betting on the implementation of tests on their assembly
lines. These tests are able to ensure safety, quality and reliability of the products
during the assembly process and of its finished products. Some quality indicators, or
KPIs, are used to evaluate these products, such as the Product Analysis Laboratory,
or LAP. At the Whirlpool company, during the LAP, some products without remote
control were identified inside the packaging. The same situation was identified by
another KPI, which indicates the field incidents, that is, which occurred at the
customer's home, customers were receiving products without remote control. Due to
these issues, there was a need to implement a test to ensure that the remote control
was always placed and identified inside the EPS before the product was packaged.
The solution found was the use of a vision system installed at the workstation,
interlocked with a product movement hoist. This implementation ensures that only if
the remote control is placed in the EPS and the test status is approved, the
movement hoist will be released and the product placed in the EPS to be packaged.
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