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Purpose Visualization and control of custom filling equipment for car fluids and air normally visualized with Siemens panels Challenge: End-customer requested panels running the SCADA software Ignition by Inductive Automation to be integrated into their company network while the OEM preferred a stand-alone solution for easier commissioning ATS was chosen for the job because of [...]

Due to the exceptional quality and service that the ATS Dimensional Engineering group has provided, it has been awarded a repeat three year contract with a major automotive customer. ATS has an ongoing order with the customer for our onsite engineering services as well as the rental of our dimensional scanning equipment. This order covers [...]

This reporting template contains two graphs as used in the European car industry and some other process based industries.The “X with MR” graph shows an X-Mr graph with both individual and moving range graphs. The control limits and engineering tolerances are shown and the trend highlights the standard control chart errors of [...]

ATS has received a substantial order for ATS CM4D software at two plants in the USA and Mexico. This is the second phase of an ongoing ATS ADOS implementation at the customer which currently uses Inspect at three of its plants. Two of the plants will now deploy ATS CM4D within the warehouse to analyze [...]

A beverage manufacturer sought to upgrade their Allen-Bradley SLC500 DH+ installation to ethernet to provide benefits such increased network bandwidth, reliability and ability to readily integrated with planned future new machinery. Further, a legacy RSView 32 SCADA installation was to be upgraded to CitectSCADA v7.2. This upgrade mainly provided the advantages of flexible & user [...]

This is a wireless device designed to measure closure velocity or force, and wirelessly send readings to a PC or assembly information system. The device is easily attached to the closure using a vacuum cup. One press of the button will start the measurement. Once the door, deck lid, lift gate, or sliding door has been [...]

"Manufacturing companies can take some simple steps to help prepare their business for change and the fourth industrial revolution". Image: DaveBleasdale, Learning Zone; flickr.com (CC BY 2.0) This article was first published in the Spring 2015 issue of OnWindows. In the last issue of OnWindows I outlined the technologies and thinking behind the fourth industrial [...]

Medical devices save lives and transform people’s quality of life. They are typically designed by surgeons who give little thought to Design for Manufacture.Manufacturing IT solutions are however available to ensure that medical devices can be produced compliantly and repeatedly. ATS are working with multi-national medical device manufacturers helping them transform their manufacturing processes, from [...]

ATS provided Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) consultancy for Allergan Pharmaceutical in 2013, helping Allergan evaluate their requirement for a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).During this 6 month project, two of ATS’s MOM consultants worked on-site following ATS’s ‘Work Packages’ approach to system selection. The consultants provided training, completed an AS-IS assessment, wrote a detailed business case, [...]

In 2004 Honda of America implented CM4D as an enterprise solution.Immediately thereafter Honda experienced a significant reduction in problems related to part quality, achieving an 85% reduction in build issues on the 2007 Accord vehicle program. This year, two of Honda’s vehicles (CR-V and Ridgeline) were ranked highest in their segments in the JD powers initial [...]