Bar-coding System for Machine Shop
Kumar, Anil (2015)
Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015060312119
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015060312119
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The main objective of the thesis was to make a bar-coding system for Konepaja Astex Gear Oy machine shop. Since there was no system of tool arrangement or database of mechanical tools in the company prior to the project, therefore it was a well needed system for machine shop to be more productive and manage its mechanical equipment in much better and effective way in order to meet the demands of the modern standards of the metal industries. The desired system was meant to serve the easiness for the workers to find the metal tools in the machine shop’s storage which are then used in CNC and lathe machines. The project and its daily activities were intensely monitored by Astex’s customer service manager, Alexey Vanderev.
In order to get the intended results, it was important to use some database software, for that purpose, the machine shop bought a software called Saltbox Tool Manager and along with it, there came a Barcode printer and a Bar-code scanner. Plenty of small plastic boxes were bought as well to place those mechanical tools in them and hence give them some identity. Tool shelves were already in the company to be filled with well arranged tool boxes.
At the end of the project, the desired results were accomplished. And it was proved by the new Bar-coding system in the machine shop that workers found it much easier to find the mechanical tools from the storage. It saved their time and company’s time as well. And due to the new database system in the company, it was a lot simpler to know the place and the user of the particular tool.
In order to get the intended results, it was important to use some database software, for that purpose, the machine shop bought a software called Saltbox Tool Manager and along with it, there came a Barcode printer and a Bar-code scanner. Plenty of small plastic boxes were bought as well to place those mechanical tools in them and hence give them some identity. Tool shelves were already in the company to be filled with well arranged tool boxes.
At the end of the project, the desired results were accomplished. And it was proved by the new Bar-coding system in the machine shop that workers found it much easier to find the mechanical tools from the storage. It saved their time and company’s time as well. And due to the new database system in the company, it was a lot simpler to know the place and the user of the particular tool.