Line Segments

Start Manufacturing > Assembly Control > Line Segments (tiasl1540m000).

Use this session to define line segments. Line segments must always start with a buffer. A line segment must contain a buffer. The presence of one or more line stations is optional but usually a line segment contains line stations. You can use this session to display or edit the employee, that is, the segment planner, who is responsible for planning a particular line segment.

Linking line segments to assembly lines

Start Manufacturing > Assembly Control > Assembly Lines (tiasl1530m000)

To link line segments to assembly lines, complete the following steps:

  1. Select your main assembly line. On the appropriate menu, start the Assembly Line - Line Segments (tiasl1541m000) session.
  2. Link line segments to the main assembly line in the correct sequence.
Note

To link the supplying line to a parent line, you must link the last line segment of a supplying line to the line segment on the parent line. The last line station of a supplying line must be linked to the feeding line station on the parent line.

Linking stations to line segments

Start Manufacturing > Assembly Control > Line Segments (tiasl1540m000).

To link stations to line segments, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the line segment and select stations from the appropriate menu. The Line Segment - Stations (tiasl1550m000) session starts.
  2. Link the buffer and the line stations defined for the segment to your line segment.

Use the Line Segment - Stations (tiasl1550m000) session to display or modify the line stations of an assembly line segment and their relationship to each other. You can display the current effective stations or all the stations for a Line Segment.

You can link line stations in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session. To define which line stations are linked to which segment, for a particular date, you can use the details session. If you use PCF, you can use the line definition procedure of Configurator to define which line stations are linked to which segment, for a particular date.

Note

The sequence of line stations starts with the buffer of the current line segment, but ends with the buffer which is related to the succeeding line segment.

The last line station of the last line segment of a supplying line can be connected to a line station which is part of a line segment on the main assembly line. With this link, you indicate to which line station of the main assembly line the assembled item of the supplying line will be supplied.