PP – English - I & R Partners

Presents

The GaugeFlex Goal


To Reduce or Eliminate …

1.
Scrap

2.
Rework

3.
Rejects/Sorting

4.
Maintenance/Service

5.
Warranty Claims

6.
Consumer
Liability



... “because Lean
always

starts at the WASTE!”
TM

The Challenge

To accomplish this,
GaugeFlex

must…

1.
Collect
critical
shopfloor

data

2.
Minimize errors and
labor

intensive operations

3.
Provide the operator with the training and
information necessary to control the process

4.
Present data in a real
-
time format to Quality,
Manufacturing, and Administration

5.
Operate in environments not conducive to PC’s

The History of Data
Collection


1980

1990

1995

1995

2000

2004

2005 Quality Innovation
Award

Total Data Collection

Top End

Bottom End

+

GaugeFlex Lean 60+

•
Rugged
IP54 enclosure withstands 4 foot drops to concrete

•
The
only rugged mobile computer that weighs less than
10
ounces
and has a full 3.5" QVGA color display

•
Double
data rate (DDR) memory (fastest device in class)

•
2
GB micro SD card for inspection files and data storage

•
Long
battery life (2000
mAh

Li
-
ion battery)

•
Freescale

i.MX31 @533MHz processor

•
Barcode
scanning (1D
std
, 2D ready)

•
Windows
® CE mobile computer

•
WLAN
communication (
Wi
-
Fi
)

•
Hi
-
speed
USB 2.0

Gauge Interfacing

Mobile Workstation

Mobile / Wireless

Mobile / Cabled

PC Workstation

Wireless Gauging

•
900
MHz frequency insures no
interference with robotics and
other critical equipment
operating at 2.4 GHz

•
Battery
operated cup receiver
makes the GaugeFlex Lean
the only
900 MHz mobile
to be
just as portable as the gauge,
providing immediate feedback
with charts & warnings

GaugeFlex Shopfloor

Data Collection

•
GaugeFlex
Shopfloor

is capable
of collecting
variables, binary
and attributes in the same unit

•
With programmable prompts,
and
audio
-
visual
alarms, the
possibility of operator error is
reduced aiding
process
control

•
Drawings per characteristic can
be displayed, providing the
operator with a visual reference


GaugeFlex Shopfloor

Traceability Tags

•
Unlimited number of user
-
definable, Traceability Tags
(operator, lot #, machine) can
be input via the keypad, pick
list, or barcode scanner, and
used to sort data for analysis

•
Forced Tags (insures entry)

•
Alarms alert operator for entry

•
Forced Means (insures method)

•
Process Adjustments can be
entered at any time


GaugeFlex

Shopfloor

Charts & Statistics

•
Variable Charts:

Xbar
/Range,
Xbar
/Sigma, IMR, Histogram,
Cpk

Evolution

•
Statistics:

Cp
,
Cpk
, Cr,
Ppk
, mean, range,
std
/
est

deviation

•
Trend Analysis:

10 way with warnings
.

Assignable cause
and corrective action entry can be forced to insure tracking.

GaugeFlex

DataManager
/Client

•
Part
inspection files
can be
downloaded from any host PC.
Data can also be uploaded into
any host PC via the
USB

cable.

•
When
utilizing
wireless
networking

(2.4 GHz or 900
MHz), data can be exported
automatically at the end of every
subgroup, or uploaded in a batch
when convenient. Part programs
can be downloaded from the
GaugeFlex

Lean handheld.

GaugeFlex Controller

GaugeFlex TRACE

•
GaugeFlex

Controller's
TRACE module displays all
the charts available on GF
Lean handheld

•
It
allows for in
-
depth sorting by
Traceability Tags, Date & Time

•
Data
can be exported from
GaugeFlex

Controller making
it usable with practically any
available off
-
the
-
shelf software
package including MS Excel

Helping I.T. Gain Control




Quality Control

Production Control

Inventory Control

One System Just Makes
Cent$

•
One system provides for a
single training curve
,
increasing the likelihood of operator enthusiasm

•
One system, regardless of department, enables
operators to be repositioned

with much less effort

•
One system throughout the entire facility allows for
the
borrowing of units

in the event of an emergency

•
One system
provides a
single point of contact

in the
event of system maintenance or support

•
One system affords you the opportunity to
justify the
cost

over many departments rather than just one

Get On The
BUS



Five reasons to get on the BUS



1.
GaugeFlex

Lean

mobile computer warranty & support

2.
GaugeFlex

Shopfloor

software upgrades, warranty, &
support

3.
GaugeFlex

Controller

software upgrades, warranty, &
support


4.
Unlimited phone/email support (normally $
100
/
hr

w/
30
minutes min)

5.
Remote access support


(
B
undled
U
pdates &
S
upport
)

Published Articles

(Quality Innovations)

JANUARY 2012

What Customers Are Saying

Hi
-
Lex

North American Headquarters

“I wish to tell you that with the DC
-
9005 our SPC technician now has the ability to monitor and report on
issues regarding process characteristics with supporting data for evidence with extreme speed.


In the past
this was a three step process requiring around a half hour of her time; the time is now cut by more than two
thirds.

Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Inc.

“The entire team at I&R Partners has been very supportive and I look forward to working with them again in
the future. Their performance as well as that of the DC
-
9005 is the reason I recommend I & R Partners at
every opportunity.”

Electrolux USA

“[Before using the DC
-
9005] the biggest dangers were that there were great possibilities that those pulling the
files would possibly pull the wrong file, thus meaning time would be wasted in having to retrieve the proper file
OR some body would be measuring the wrong dimensions on any given part.”


Toyota Motor Manufacturing


“The tool is working great and we have only begun to scratch the surface of the capabilities. We are using it
for our daily body measurements including gap and levelness and we have already got the CSV files set up to
transfer to our graphs.”


Yale Commercial Hardware and Locks

"We have reduced our scrap by 80% and our rework by 60%. The system has easily paid for itself within the
first 2 months of using it.”


Thank You!

I&R Partners hopes this tour
of the
GaugeFlex

line of data
collection equipment has
been informative and helpful
to you and your company.

We would appreciate the
opportunity to assist you in
your data collection needs,
and hope that it proves
profitable, both to you and
your customers in the very
near future.

WrenchFlex


•
Torque range: 2.5Nm to 1500Nm


•
Peak
torque,
residual (break away),
&

angle


•
Calibration validation


•
Serial
number
validation


•
Torque
Curve (Torque
vs

Angle
)


•
900 MHz wireless communication to GaugeFlex

GaugeFlex & WrenchFlex