Demonstration of Lean "1 Piece Flow" and Wire Label Verification

Cable/Harness Testing Made Easy.

Can cable assemblies really be built with "1 piece flow?" While this goal of lean manufacturing seems elusive, Cirris coordinated the harness assembly line at the Assembly Technology Expo in Chicago last week to demonstrate how it is possible. If you missed it, check out our video of the demonstration line. We also explain how this technology can verify correct labels on discrete wires.

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Best Regards,
Marlin Shelley
President

Once again the Wire Harness Manufacturers Association (WHMA.org) sponsored the "WPAL" wire harness production line at the Assembly Technology Expo in Chicago, IL. Since wire harnesses have limited popularity as tradeshow souvenirs, this year we decided to make them into Halloween decorations! Our real intent was to demonstrate the "single-piece flow" goal of lean manufacturing, and how labels on discrete wires in a harness can be checked for accuracy. Often we were so busy making bat and skeleton harnesses we had little time to really talk about the technology. To see a brief video of the line (and to request your own souvenir "2005 Halloween Bat Harness"):

Bat Harness - Click Here

Other Participants in the WPAL Bat Line:

Schleuniger/Brady Label/Cut/Strip/Terminate
http://www.schleuniger-na.com/products/acc_labelingsystem.htm

Connector test blocks from ECC
http://www.eccco.com/

Printing of Assembly Labels on test completion Panduit
http://www.panduit.com

Learn a little Lean Manufacturing and verify wire labels with the Bat Harness!

See us next at these shows:

Aerospace Testing Expo North America. Long Beach, CA Nov 8-10
Productronica, Munich Germany Nov 15-18
APEX, Anaheim, CA Feb 8-10
WHMA Conference Indianapolis, IN Mar 22-24

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