Keyline Capture System
The Keyline Capture
System (KCS) is designed to identify books that were not produced
in the binding process and to enable replacement labels for those missing
books to be printed on the production line. Until now, a printer or
publisher could only assume that all the books in a production mailing list
were efficiently assembled and reliably addressed. With the KCS, an
automated quality assurance audit can be added and easily integrated with
the bindery line controller and into the manufacturing process to insure
100% of the customer's product is produced and distributed. Missing,
duplicated and reordered books can be identified in real-time to help
isolate machine problems during production. The added overall level of
quality assurance provided by the KCS can lead to improved process control,
machine maintenance identification and the reduction of waste that can
result in press reruns.
A secondary function of the
system makes available the raw captured data to allow other types of
statistical information relating to the job or production line(s) to be
reviewed. For each production run a datafile is created that contains a link
to the book address that is captured, the machine on which it was produced
and the exact time of production. This data can then be used, for example,
to analyze machine downtime and determine the average production speed of
the individual lines.
Features:
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Collects and analyzes
production data for up to 16 stitcher/binder lines
simultaneously.
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Interfaces directly to the
bindery controller printer interface.
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Operator designed setup,
processing sequence and operation.
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Real-time production status
display for at-a-glance line performance monitoring.
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Real-time voice paging /
Email to alert operators of line problems and missing addresses.
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Internet ready for real-time
and batch broadcasting of job status and production reports.
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Production tested to insure
reliability, maximize ease of use and minimize operator error.
Benefits:
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Verification and assurance
that all books were produced.
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Print missing address labels
manually or in real time.
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Quickly identify
poorly performing stitcher/bindery lines during production.
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Create production audit
record of each product produced by specific machine and exact
time.
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Create a production summary
and detailed reports for missing, duplicate
and reordered books.
Hardware:
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Stand-alone PC with custom
developed software operating under Windows NT.
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Network interface ports for
up to eight (8) bindery line controllers as standard.
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Bindery line controller
printer interface. One (1) required for each controller.
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Videojet 9416 printer
interface standard. Other inkjet printer interfaces
available.
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Industrial quality
label printer.
Options:
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Additional inkjet data
capture ports.
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Additional network interface
ports - in increments of 8.
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Additional production line
label printers.
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Interfaces to tape drives or
other controller input devices.
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Custom hardware and software
development.
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