Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 12:04:37 EDT 2001 | Mike
Has anyone looked at setup reduction for machine feeders. We have made some gains through changing the flow of work but as lot sizes decrease the number of parts required remains the same. We remove all reels from the feeders after a job is complet
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 17:06:16 EDT 2001 | davef
You don't have enough feeders.
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 14:59:52 EDT 2001 | slthomas
That's what we do with our MSHII's...setup one carriage offline while the other one runs. We also have setup carts to load the feeders ahead of time and haul them out to the lines. Of course, when we exceed the carriage capacity of 75 slots for an
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 09 14:42:08 EST 2001 | vickt
Great advice!........Single tier feeder set-up carts are also available through Universal instruments directly for this exact purpose. Most people who really care about this changeover time have "pit-crews" that work in the component storage areas, o
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 14:25:33 EDT 2001 | cal
Most PIck and place manufacturers have off line feeder set up available. Dedicating common feeder types to one side and having the other side available for job specific is also an option. *****note dedicating feeders can effect your throughput num
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 16:25:26 EDT 2001 | meowen
Unfortunately 95% of our runs require both sides of our Universal HSP's. We also have carts that hold one carriage worth of feeders on each side. Parts that carry over from one product to the next are flagged and relocated in the machine per the ne
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 20 00:34:57 EDT 2001 | kenbliss
Hi mike The solution is simple but two fold, first your process needs to be changed a bit, you need additional feeders to pre-stage the new P/N run and prestage the extra feeders for reload as certain higher volume components exhaust. The idea is t
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 16 05:16:49 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
This number is going to vary hugely depending on the machine, how you operate and how many feeders you have. Smaller outfits might have a single operative whose job it is to setup, load, run & program the line. Regardless of how changeover focused t
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 23 18:14:46 EDT 2014 | warwolf
We have worked out as a guide formula to help us calculate this. As we have products that range from 5 unique pars to ~300 parts it is tricky to answer clearly. we worked out an average time to change our feeders at 3 minutes (this includes removin
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 16 06:54:36 EDT 2014 | alexeis
Hi, The answer is very complex depends on the type of machine, the operator's capabilities and process. There are machines that let you perform the above side then stick carts into the machine and produce. Event such a process is the length of a few
