“Increasing handling efficiency in multi-order cutting processes by Augmented Reality”
Laser cutters used in industry cut up to 300 parts into a single large sheet metal. To ensure sustainability the amount of waste should always be kept at a minimum In order to do so, parts usually are spread randomly all over the sheet metal rather than sorted. While this optimizes the amount of waste, it makes it more difficult and time-consuming for a worker to identify all the parts and sort them accordingly. The parts on the sheet might differ from one to another and can even belong to different orders or customers.
The objective of this sprint was to develop an Augmented Reality-based (AR) app for operators to distinguish the parts and thereby speeding up the sorting process.