Introduction

The Part Traceability System (PTS) is an essential component of the MES suite of tools, designed specifically to meet the growing demands of customers. Its primary objective includes offering comprehensive traceability at the component level and ensuring strict quality controls. By automating production lines and enforcing rigorous product quality control, this system plays a pivotal role in enhancing overall productivity. its successful implementation has been witnessed across numerous plants worldwide.

As technology continues to evolve and SMT process equipment tools become increasingly intricate and feature-rich, the PTS application and its accompanying features consistently advance. However, our commitment remains to provide support for all technology tools. 42Q prioritizes offering the necessary flexibility to accommodate various line types and deliver diverse levels of traceability that are crucial to the success of your business.

PTS Mobile

PTS Mobile is specifically designed to be compatible with handheld devices, recognizing that operators may not always be in front of a computer and require the convenience of using a handheld device for operation.

To access PTS Mobile, navigate to Production > 100% Traceability > PTS Mobile

Re-Validate Material

Whenever material is going to be exhausted, splicing is required to ensure production can proceed without interruption. However, there is a small chance that splicing was mistakenly done to the wrong feeder slot and it can’t be detected by the normal part verification process.

Therefore, a material re-validation is required to handle this scenario. By re-validate material (just re-scan material barcode, without interrupting the current production run), chances of splicing material to the wrong feeder slot can be avoided.

The Re-Validate Material is a mobile solution (GUI) to handle the situation of Component Reset and Re-validation for traditional SMT Machines. The users can validate the materials with the Workstation, Material Barcode, Feeder Barcode, and Station.

Figure 1: Re-Validate Material

The main screen will request the user to input or scan the Workstation, Material Barcode, Feeder Barcode, andStation Location.

Load/ Unload Materials

It is mainly used for material loading and unloading materials and SMT tools, including the following subpages:

Load Material
Load SMT Tools
Material Queue
Scan Barcode
Prepare Material
Unload Material
Load Prepare Material

Figure 2: Load / Unload Materials page

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Load Material

This function is used to load material to the workstation.

Figure 3: Load to Workstation

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Workstation: Input the Workstation name and select a workstation, and the detailed items for load material will display.

Notes:

For the SMT workstation, the fields will contain the Material barcode, feeder barcode, and station;
For the AI workstation, the fields will contain the Material barcode and station;
For the HL workstation, the fields will contain a Material barcode.

Figure 4: Load Material to an SMT Workstation

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Material Barcode: Scan (or Input manually) the material barcode.
New Feeder Barcode: Scan (or Input manually) New Feeder Barcode. (Apply to the feeder which will be loaded to the defined SMT machine slot).
Feeder Barcode: The Feeder Barcode checkbox is unchecked by default. If the "Feeder Barcode" checkbox is checked, then the "Old Feeder Barcode" and "Old Remaining Quantity" input boxes will be displayed.
Old Feeder Barcode: Scan (or Input manually) Old Feeder Barcode.
Old Remain Qty: Input Old Remain Qty.
Station Location: Scan the station barcode. gram.)
Click Submit. “ Load Material Successfully” will display after the material loads successfully.
Detailed information can be seen on the “Load Material Report” page.
The user can see the loaded detailed information by clicking the Report button.
The user can clear the content of the input box by clicking the Reset button.
The user can close the current page by clicking the Cancel button.

Figure 5: Load Material to an HL Workstation

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Material Barcode: Scan (or Input manually) the material barcode.
Click Submit. “Load Material Successfully” will display after the material loads successfully.
Detailed information can be seen on the “Load Material Report” page.
The user can see the loaded detailed information by clicking the Report button.
The user can clear the content of the input box by clicking the Reset button.
The user can close the current page by clicking the Cancel button.