Monitoring Activity During Wire Harness Assembly

By A Mystery Man Writer

Industry 4.0 and the digital manufacturing revolution are all about collecting—and, more importantly, acting on—data gathered from the assembly process in real time. That’s all well and good when data is coming from sensors, vision systems, fastening tools and other electronic devices. But, how can engineers gather real-time data on largely manual assembly processes, such as wire harness assembly? To solve this problem, we developed a software- and sensor-based system to measure activity times and performance on a wire harness assembly line. To ensure a . . .
Industry 4.0 and the digital manufacturing revolution are all about collecting - and, more importantly, acting on - data gathered from the assembly process in real time.