Maintain & Optimise
Servicing high value automation,
optimising performance and yield from 50% to 99%
Project Overview
The Industry
Weald Electronics is a global leader in the manufacture of electrical & electronics high performance connector systems and accessories. For more than 40 years Weald has supplied defence, aerospace and demanding industrial applications with the latest interconnection solutions based on stringent specifications.
Core Technology
A special purpose machine with a rotary table, automated feeding, bowl feeders, automated gluing, Balluf sensors, Keyence AI inspection cameras, and Omron controls. The team utilised LIDAR scans for reverse engineering.
Key Metrics & Objectives
- Machine optimisation
- Machine reliability and uptime
- Increase throughput and yield to 99%+
- Vision system investigation & improvement
- Maintenance services
The Challenge
contact and was involved in the building of the machine.
The Solution
The Results
- Improved part detection through improved vision system coding
- Complete machine inspection & overhaul & regular servicing
- Improved part detection through sensor placement optimisation
Bowl feeder improvement recommendations implemented:
- Eliminated multiple parts exiting from the bowl feeder discharge
Turn around time two weeks
Successfully FAT and SAT tested, installed and commissioned
Customer fully satisfied
The system is now highly efficient, wear on machine components hasbeen eliminated and the machine is future proofed for new parts
“Go Lean provided a very good service to our company and I will be happy using them again in the future”. – Clive Reid, General Manager, Weald Electronics
On time delivery
100%
Slope Capability
5 deg
Machine Yield
99%+
Productivity
2X
Customer Satisfaction
4/5
