Illumination Simulation Tester

A leading automotive lamp manufacturer sought an automated method for performing a required five-minute light up and test function before packing for shipment.

MRI designed, built and integrated an in-line system that removed lamps from upstream production pallets, inserted them into powered sockets, shrouded the lamps to simulate the application environment, passed them through a controlled temperature light up zone for the five-minute test, tested the lamps for illumination, ejected non-conforming lamps, and passed only good product to the waiting packing operator. The resulting machine achieved significant productivity gains, eliminated manual batch testing and bulk packing of lamps, and reduced WIP inventory.

The result -- a system, running at 1440 lamps per hour to match the upstream operation, to replace the traditional method of bulk packing lamps into trays, manual batch testing at 25 lamps per load and bulk packing lamps for transport to packing.

MRI's equipment design also achieved significant productivity gains as well as elimination of the bulk packed WIP between batch operations for the client.