Improving Final Inspection in Manufacturing

3 Ways to Improve Final Inspection in Your Manufacturing Process

Rework is annoying and drains manufacturing companies of time, money and resources. Fortunately, it can be effectively reduced with lean principles. If your aim is to decrease rework, it’s imperative to focus on three areas:

• Incoming Goods Inspection
• Assembly Assistance
• Final Inspection

In our previous article, we discussed how Smart Klaus technology can be used for Assembly Assistance. In this entry, we’ll examine how it can be used to improve the Final Inspection process.

Enhancing the Final Inspection Process

Quality assurance is the last opportunity to make a great impression on clients and customers. If your manufacturing company wants consistently happy customers, you need to send them flawless products. That’s where Smart Klaus can help.

The program uses a camera and image processing software to analyze products for accuracy, then discovers any defects and reports any problematic products to an automatic rejection system. The process can be documented automatically and given to customers as proof of inspection.

How it Works at a Glance

1) An administrator teaches the testing procedures to the program by taking images of a high-quality part and saving them in the database. The features are then identified for inspection and objective values and tolerances are entered.

2) The test pieces are compared with the properties, target values and tolerances stored in the database. The system’s algorithms can check for colors, shapes, text and more can be examined.

3) Areas that aren’t visible to the camera can be analyzed with the program’s edge detection feature. This function measures contours, weight, electrical resistance and many other areas.

Once the Smart Klaus inspection system is set up and implemented, your manufacturing company will benefit from:

• Adherence to proper steps and inspection instructions
• Consistency in inspection results
• Proof of quality for customers
• Improved productivity and greatly reduced error-rates

Get Custom Solutions For Optimal Final Inspection

At FlexMation, we aim to be trusted partners who advance your manufacturing performance. Simply put: We help you make things better, safer, faster and smarter. If you’re interested in learning more about how we can improve your final inspection process, please contact us today.