Smart Workstations –
Assembly Monitoring – Real-Time Process Monitoring

In this field, you will not find standard products, as applications and on-site conditions can vary significantly.

We rely on a wide range of our standard products and adapt them to each specific application. This is not a challenge for us, as we are the manufacturer ourselves, and our production is designed for customer-specific adjustments.

We support these modern workstations with worker lighting, including camera lighting, warning lights, and signal lights.

Please describe your application and on-site conditions as precisely as possible, and let our consulting team develop tailored solutions for you.

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The system guides users through complete work processes with digital instructions and verifies them. Time-consuming and costly corrective actions as well as complaints are eliminated.

Through continuous optical inspection, the system detects errors immediately, ensuring the highest quality.

All work steps are automatically documented and can be traced seamlessly. This provides valuable insights into the efficiency of your production processes.

Digitalization leads to automation and optimization, resulting in increased efficiency, higher profits, and a stronger competitive position.

Once acquired, knowledge is never lost—it grows. Centralized digital manufacturing information is flexibly adaptable, accessible from anywhere, and transferable.

Until now, it has often been common to check the work step only after completion at another location. Assemblies often need to be time-consuming sorted out or reworked.

With real-time monitoring, errors are detected directly during the work step and communicated to the worker. This allows the worker to correct the error immediately and with minimal time investment.

The worker learns instantly and can avoid making the same mistake when assembling the next assembly.

When a part or assembly is positioned at the workstation, it is automatically recognized using:

• Its shape
• Features
• QR codes, barcodes
• Labels

This prevents component mix-ups, or the worker receives additional information such as work instructions for the product.

For a thorough incoming goods inspection, packing lists, delivery notes, and carrier handover protocols are typically checked. Additionally, the goods are inspected for accuracy, defects, and quantity.

This process can be significantly improved through a smart workstation.

After scanning, the employee receives additional important information about the order, the product, and the inspection criteria.

Furthermore, photos can be added for documentation purposes.

An important part of outgoing goods is the outgoing goods inspection. This checks whether all goods are complete, properly packaged, and free from defects.

After scanning, the employee receives additional important information about the order, the product, and the scope of delivery.

Since this is done digitally, fewer paper documents are required, helping to avoid mix-ups.

Furthermore, photos can be added for documentation purposes.

Optical quality inspection refers to various testing methods for determining and ensuring the quality of products from production. For example, the quantity of components can be determined, as well as their dimensions, the quality of laser markings, or the surface condition.

This process can be enhanced or supported by industrial image processing. The camera has neither fatigue nor off days.

Especially in this area, it is crucial that both the worker and the camera system are equipped with optimized lighting for both.

Manual assembly carries a high risk of errors when no worker guidance system is in place. Clear instructions or a worker assistance system are therefore essential to reduce the likelihood of human errors.

These systems provide support through:

• Digital work instructions
• Real-time feedback on potential errors
• Easier and faster onboarding of new employees
• Another advantage is the easier adaptation to frequently changing assemblies.

The ability to design more flexible work assignments increases employee satisfaction, as the support from the employer creates a sense of security at work.

Assistance robots, i.e., robots that share the workspace with humans, enable partial automation of assembly tasks. This allows work steps that are not economically suitable for full automation to be automated.

To interact safely and meaningfully in the human workspace, assistance robots must meet several requirements:

The demands on assistance robots are diverse. The focus is on:

• The safety of the worker
• Easy operation to allow flexible deployment of employees
• Additionally, robust process execution must ensure seamless integration into the previously manual assembly environment.

When developing assistance systems, appropriate lighting to detect potential risks is crucial. At the same time, a pleasant lighting environment must be ensured at the workstation.