Process condition monitoring

The call in the 1990´s is for a higher level of quality at a faster rate. This task can be insurmountable if process control is not taken to a new level of implementation. Today we attempt to understand the results of a product produced, and correct any variations in this process, after the product is produced. In the future a self teaching “ideal” signature of the process will be stored after the process has been optimized. A trending tolerance will be established so that, in-process, any changes can be observed, and corrective actions can be taken. Force and color monitoring are but two of the many in-process methods which are being employed by a self teaching method. Slave microprocessors can then be provided that monitor the application whenever product is involved. The next step would then have the slaves report to a PC host that collects trending data. This then would allow a “cause and effect” analysis which can be seen in real time, whenever a change in the process is being manually manipulated. The end result will be online inspection that will eliminate many of the offline manual inspections