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As part of Solutions Review’s Contributed Content Series—a collection of articles written by industry thought leaders in maturing software categories—Wendy Mlynarek, the Strategic Business Development and Marketing Director at DELMIA, explains how augmented reality (AR) technologies can improve your assembly operations.
Despite its potential, it’s not uncommon for augmented reality (AR) to be left out of conversations around manufacturing assembly lines. This is unfortunate because, during the assembly phases, products and equipment are increasingly complex and subject to variable configurations. These complexities can be difficult for operators to grasp, and current methods are either unavailable or not easy enough to handle, reinforcing the difficulty of assembly operations.
Work assembly documentation is often in paper format and is not always readable, easy to maintain, or updated. Moreover, complex assemblies can be challenging to understand, and the risks of errors due to wrong interpretations are high. Thus, it contributes to increased cycle times and potential non-conformities and does not support an efficient rise in your operators’ skills or good traceability.
The challenges these issues can create include:
- Time-consuming preparation timelines before and after execution
- Risk of errors due to misinterpretation of tasks
- Complex increase in the competence of operators
Therefore, industries face productivity and quality issues in the context of a shortage of qualified technicians in specific sectors. However, there are effective ways to meet these challenges, including technologies and software based on industrial augmented reality.
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