Press Release · October 29, 2019
Visible Assets, Inc. Introduces “SmartParts®” — P&G Completes Trials With 100% Read Accuracy
A wireless M2M RuBee change-parts, tooling ID and management system for high-speed packaging machines.
STRATHAM, N.H. — Visible Assets, Inc. introduced “SmartParts”, a RuBee (IEEE 1902.1) wireless, harsh-environment, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) automated tool detection and ID product for high-speed Packaging Machines. Procter and Gamble (P&G) carried out trials, and SmartParts consistently identified change-parts after change-over on high-speed Packaging Machines with 100% read accuracy.
Packaging machines widely used in the healthcare and consumer-products industries often have 5 to 20 change-parts that enable high-volume production of different products. If a machine operator places the wrong part or tool on a machine, it can lead to expensive machine damage or costly flawed product runs. SmartParts detects and identifies every change-part automatically after each changeover — steel parts, on steel machines, with no line of sight.
SmartParts brings the same magnetic-wireless physics proven in defense armories to Factory 4.0 automation.
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