Detailing Atlas Copco’s Seven Steps to
Securing Product Quality as part of its
Smart Connected Assembly philosophy,
its report also illustrates a scalable
and flexible roadmap to delivering the
best achievable product quality. The
sequential process integrates tooling
and systems, which deliver both full
traceability, as well as error-proofing
protection, so that manufacturers
have a complete understanding of
the effectiveness of every stage of
production.
Atlas Copco’s Seven Steps to Securing
Product Quality:
Step 1: Classify Joints
Step 2: Introduce Torque Control
Step 3: Introduce Joint Control and
Angle Monitoring
Step 4: Introduce Process Error-
Proofing
Step 5: Introduce Reject Management
and Part Control
Step 6: Secure Process Reliability
Step 7: Use of data for continuous
improvement
Commenting on its research and
whitepaper, Paul Clark, Business Line
Manager for Atlas Copco Tools &
Industrial Assembly Solutions, said:
“Maintaining quality is an essential
aspect of the assembly process, as both
the direct and indirect cost for product
quality issues can be immense.
The demand for error proofing is high.
When it comes to brand reputation,
all the big manufacturers want to get
it right first time, so error-proofing is
now a core focus for manufacturers,
regardless of their scale or the
complexity of products.
Our new whitepaper gives them an
informative guide to the value of error-
proofing that fits their current and
future assembly needs.”
ADDING VALUE WITH SMART
CONNECTED ASSEMBLY
Whilst a clear leader in supporting
automotive manufacturing, Atlas Copco’s
Smart Connected Assembly approach is
being adopted by an increasingly diverse
number of industries, from white goods
and aerospace, to wind energy and
agricultural applications.
Customers are seeing increasing
complexity in their product mix and
demands for higher quality, so the
Smart Connected Assembly concept
was designed to provide a clear return
on investment by blending advanced
tooling with data driven services and
total customer back-up.
This partnership approach towards zero
defect assembly with full traceability
enables companies to be more agile in
dealing with international competition,
globalization and new technologies.
From a product perspective, fully data
integrated Low Reaction Tools are a key
part of the company’s proposition to
maximise assembly line productivity and
efficiency, whilst reducing human error
and ensuring operator safety.
By bringing together its Tools and
Industrial Assembly Solutions
divisions, Atlas Copco is now best
placed to continue its journey as the
manufacturing industry’s preferred
joining partner.
To download Atlas Copco’s whitepaper,
click here
www.atlascopco.com
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