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Using the GP1 to measure the influence of conveyors and automated handling equipment

The GP1 is an ideal instrument for production and manufacturing management, the GP1 is a 3-axis instrument that measures: acceleration profiles, response periods, vibrations, and reactions to inputs. The GP1 captures, quantifies, and helps the user understand those elements that are not readily observable. Recording and understanding the dynamic inputs that conveyors and automated handling equipment can impart on an assembly is an important aspect for maintaining quality and minimizing rework.

The GP1 makes it easy to discover and record dynamic information and features an internal processor that can be set up to record summary and/or detail type information

The summary information mode is easy-to-understand and gives the user pertinent information without unnecessary detail. This mode automatically calculates and reports: when the motion occurred, what type of motion it was, what the thresholds were and how long the motion lasted. In the following example a GP1 was tasked to identify and record the influences of conveyor and roller table transitions, for this line anything over 1.5g is considered undesirable. The summary file clearly shows the influences of the transition edges along the line.

The GP1's summary mode can calculate and report up to 21 different measurements, these measurements take the guesswork out of trying to understand what occurred.

The GP1's summary mode can calculate and report up to 21 different measurements, these measurements take the guesswork out of trying to understand what occurred.

In addition to the calculated values that are generated by the summary mode, the GP1 also records acceleration waveforms; acceleration waveforms are a compilation of individual acceleration samples taken every 10 milliseconds and then stitched together to describe the characteristics of the motion. The waveform files show the details and nuances of the motion and displays exactly what occurred, the ability to visualize dynamic signatures helps the user see complex relationships. The example below illustrates the forward acceleration (blue trace) of a tote as it encounters a transition roller that is higher than the previous roller section.

The software that comes with the GP1 has an export to csv function that lets the user export the summary and detail data out to other analysis packages.

The GP1 offers an easy way to capture and understand the dynamic inputs that conveyors and automated handling equipment can have on an assembly. Monitoring and controlling those influences can have a significant impact on efficiency, quality, and rework.

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