How Fast Can Reel aMounts Count and Label Reels ?
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Reel aMounts takes less than 1½ seconds to count a reel, but how fast is it in continuous use ?
From logs in customer databases, we know that –
- Operators regularly count AND label one reel every 15 seconds over the period of one hour. That is 240 reels per hour, with all the information recorded in a database for further use, reels labelled with their new quantities and an ERP system updated. Some users see even faster cycle times of 13 seconds or less.
- Where operators are counting reels without applying labels – not always necessary when the quantity can be looked up using a reel's unique ID – they can count over 400 reels per hour. We have seen throughputs as high as 625 reels in an hour at a single workstation – again with all the information recorded and exported to an ERP system.
- This includes all the handling time - moving reels to and from racks or tote tubs.
- This is typically at least 15 times faster than using traditional reel counters, with all their disadvantages of manual data recording and labelling.
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User endorsements:
"Using Seratel's Reel aMounts, we are able to count and label an entire reel of parts in about 15 seconds as opposed to the 6 minutes it would take using an optical counter."
Qualcomm, San Diego, USA
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User endorsements:
"A kit of material which used to take two people a shift to process is now done by one person in less than an hour."
TT electronics integrated manufacturing services, UK
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For physical inventory counts, Reel aMounts' ability to count reels held in feeders provides substantial savings –
- System logs show a single workstation counting 1400 reels, in their feeders, in 13 hours.
- This is one reel every 33 seconds, with no component losses from stripping and re-loading feeders.
- This includes all the handling time - including bringing tables of feeders to the counter or the counter to the lines.
- Counting this way could give you several days more production time each year.
- The counting record contains not only the details of each reel, but also what feeder the reel was in and what table the feeder was in.
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