IndustryEnvironment and cleanliness
CAM-248
The rework area has swallowed the aisle
Early afternoon in machining. You can barely see the floor: parts racks full of parts are stacked everywhere, in front of the machines and across the walkways. At the bench at the back, six people are reworking parts by hand, one after another. The outbound conveyor, meanwhile, runs almost empty. IRIS counts how many parts racks are in the area, compares that with the count at the same hour yesterday, and times how long the pile has been growing.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognizes in this scene
- parts racks of parts piled up on the floor
- rework bench with six people at it
- parts racks stacked in front of the machines
- walkway taken up by parts racks
- outbound conveyor running almost empty
What this camera measures
An alert says something’s happening. The reading says how much.
- 46Parts racks counted in the area
- 31Parts racks at the same hour yesterday
- 3 hTime it has been growing
- 12People in frame
- 13:40Time of the count
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client’s measurement.
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
the number of parts racks in the rework area goes over the limit the plant has set
Then
- alert the production manager with the camera, the time and the picture of the area
- save the parts rack count hour by hour so it can be compared
- mark the time when the pile started growing
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if, mid-afternoon, there are more parts racks than usual in the rework area.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
Rework grows slowly and quietly. Nobody decides on a Tuesday that there will be twice as many parts to redo: one day you simply can’t get down the aisle any more. The production manager finds out when the pile hides a machine. With the camera he has the number, hour by hour, and the moment it started climbing. With that time in hand you go to the camera on the station upstream and look at what changed.
What people usually ask
Does IRIS know why there’s so much rework?
Not on its own. What it does is count and put a time on it: how many parts racks there are, how many there were yesterday, and from what moment the pile starts climbing. With that time in hand you go to the video from the station upstream and see what changed just before: a format change, a new mold, a different shift. A person names the cause; IRIS hands over the minute and the picture.
Does it count properly when the parts racks are stacked on top of each other?
It counts what can be seen from that shot. When the stacks hide what’s behind them, one viewpoint isn’t enough: the same spot is covered by a second camera from another angle, and the two perspectives together give the count. That gets decided during installation, looking at the real image of the shop floor, not at a drawing.
Is this count officially certified?
No. The only thing approved by the Centro Español de Metrología, Spain’s national metrology institute, is our people counting. Counting parts racks is an operational measure: it shows whether the pile is going up or down and lets you compare one day with another, and it comes with a picture of every count. For anything that needs a certified figure, this isn’t it. It’s a Spanish approval. What crosses over isn’t the seal, it’s the method: the same line, in the same place, every day.
Other cameras
- CAM-240 · The line has stopped with a pallet jammed inside
- CAM-241 · The line is running, but a gap opens every few seconds
- CAM-242 · A mountain of parts has built up in front of one machine
- CAM-243 · The cell is ready and the bin is empty
- CAM-244 · A copper coil mounted on a steel line
- CAM-245 · A unit moves down the line with no cover on
Simulation · how IRIS works
A camera looks. IRIS understands what it sees.
An extract of the real screen, no voice-over and hands-free. Each round poses another situation. What sits behind it is a good deal bigger than what you see.
- Finds the plate
- Reads the characters
- Follows the same plate
Next step
What does a venue with twenty thousand people inside see?
15 cases: 11 raise an alert when something happens and 4 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
When does a bad review get decided?
15 cases: 11 raise an alert when something happens and 4 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
Nothing changes on the wall.On the screen, everything changes.
Same brackets, same cabling, same cameras. The only difference is that those images are now understood as they come in, instead of waiting for someone to open them.
Tell us your problem and we’ll say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
A person answers, the same working day.