The sector provides a wide range of products that are essential to everyday life and are often complex to manufacture. The process involves the transformation of raw materials into finished products on a large scale using specialised machinery, labour and processes.
In this context, technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality have in many cases become key tools for adding value along the entire production and operations chain.
How can XR technologies help to optimise and improve processes along the production and operations chain?
1. Assembly line planning. Virtual reality makes it possible to recreate the assembly line with handling technology, transport, etc., allowing the operator to easily try out different configurations to choose the most suitable one.
2. Product evaluation. Virtual techniques make it possible to virtually assemble and disassemble a product, allowing an expert to evaluate the constructability according to the defined process.
3. Workplace design. XR technologies can be used to virtually define the best way to carry out processes from an ergonomic point of view, and in the future it may even be possible to measure operators’ movements in real time to identify areas for improvement in their workstations.
4. Process evaluation. Virtual reality can be used to define work instructions in a 3D environment that can be viewed on a smartphone, PC or with AR, VR or MRI glasses.
5. Process support. XR technologies provide real-time support to the operator. They allow the operator to work freely and overlay their environment with instructions to complete the process.
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality are technologies that are increasingly being used by companies in their production and operations departments because of their significant benefits, such as improved turnaround times, but not only that. They are safe technologies that also avoid human error in the processes.
At ARSOFT, we have spent years helping companies in the industrial sector implement this type of technology to improve their training and maintenance processes. And all of this at a reduced and controlled cost, ensuring a real return on investment.
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