Product category:
Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: Adept Scientific | Subject: WinWedge
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 October 2002
Software smoothes optical gauge data
collection
Ultralife Batteries uses WinWedge software as a key element in its quality control process.
WinWedge inputs serial data from any instrument directly into Excel, Access, MMIs, LIMS, statistical software etc - in fact any Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT or DOS application This case study looks at how Ultralife Batteries is using this software in its manufacturing process
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Sep 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ultralife Batteries is among the pioneers of the lithium battery industry.
Its primary manufacturing facilities are in Newark and New York.
It also maintains production in the UK.
The company is known primarily for the development and distribution of advanced battery technology.
Ultralife targets several industrial and consumer markets.
The company's special feature is the line of disposable lithium batteries.
In fact, Ultralife is the first battery manufacturer in the world to achieve solid polymer rechargeable batteries.
Ultralife's objective is to become the leading provider of advanced lithium batteries for applications requiring battery sources.
Ultralife uses WinWedge Pro software to collect data from an optical gauge called a Smart Scope.
The Smart Scope is located in the incoming inspections area.
Several different routines are written for the scope using a Windows-based program called "Measure Mind".
Measure Mind controls the scope and what data are collected from it.
The data are sent from the scope directly to a second Windows PC that is running the WinWedge Pro software.
WinWedge Pro collects the incoming serial data from the optical gauge, parses, filters and formats it as needed and instantly transfers it to a Windows statistical process control (SPC) system.
The data collected from the Smart Scope optical gauge is used to help determine if the raw materials coming into the plant are within the specifications required by Ultralife as part of its strict quality-control system.
WinWedge software is supplied and supported in the UK and Ireland by Adept Scientific. Request a free brochure from Adept Scientific ...
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