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Answers when the expert is away

When something is off on the line, the fix is often already written down in an inspection report, a checklist or a table of limits. In the pilot we prepare these documents, and Plant Memory makes them searchable on the line.

Shop-floor questions

Quick start

  • Have we seen a defect like a bad spray pattern before?
  • Adhesion loss on the bumper after primer. Where do I start?
  • What humidity does the primer booth need?

Question for Plant Memory

e.g. Bad spray pattern, what do I check first?

Ask the way people ask on the floor

A question like “Bad spray pattern after a hanger change, what do I check?” is enough. The answer is a set of checks, with the knowledge trail beside it.

Question

The spray pattern on the clearcoat robot has been unstable since the early shift. What do I check first?

Troubleshooting steps

  1. Check the condition of the air cap and nozzle head. Cleaning after every skid does not replace a scheduled change.
  2. Check spare parts before fitting them: stored separately, spray pattern and cleaning in order.
  3. Check the drying air ring on the AutoCleaner when changing the air cap.

Knowledge trail

What was found?

  • TPA Master

    TPA 6.4
    Automatic air cap cleaning after every skid, but no rule for changing or replacing gun, air cap and nozzle head.
    TPA 6.5
    Store spare parts separately and check them before use, with spray pattern and cleaning.
    TPA 3.6
    Check and clean the drying air ring daily when changing the air cap.

Capture experience before it leaves

In the pilot your experienced people talk, and we write knowledge cards from it with AI assistance. Each card carries the name of the person the knowledge comes from, and its status: draft, reviewed, verified.

  1. The expert talks
  2. AI writes the draft
  3. They review and sign off

Skid grounding: act at once

If the grounding resistance at the skid is above the trigger value or the connection is broken, the line stops at once and the grounding pin is cleaned or replaced.

Author
Process engineer
Status
Draft

Organised by the method

In the pilot we organise your documents by TPA chapter and by Ishikawa category. Measurement comes first, because a measurement system error is ruled out before anything else.

Cause catalogue: adhesion failure after the TST test

Checked in this order

  1. Test standard and test distance
  2. Test device and calibration
  3. Lab and sample storage
  4. Only then material and process

Causes in the catalogue

  • Measurement system
  • Flame activation
  • Moulding residues
  • Degreasing and rinsing
  • Dry film thickness
  • Handling by staff

If the main cause sits in the measurement system, a second device confirms the reading before the analysis is signed off.

Good to know before you start

Runs without measurement hardware
Plant Memory works with documents. ProSense One can add readings whenever you need them.
Built on documents
The knowledge base is made of documents about the process, and no camera images go into it.
Questions about a specific day
If a question names a date, only a source with exactly that date counts as evidence.

One station, four weeks.

You pick the station where it hurts most. After four weeks we go through real cases together and check whether it helped. If it did not, the pilot ends there.