If you’re in the manufacturing industry in any capacity, you’re undoubtedly familiar with lean manufacturing principals: the elimination of waste across manufacturing processes by eliminating overburden and uneven workloads, maximizing process efficiency and using a minimum of materials. The goals of lean manufacturing are ultimately in delivering increased value and lower costs to the end consumer, but benefits to manufacturers are obvious.
Implementation of lean manufacturing practices isn’t easy, and it requires a significant shift in the entirety of a company’s culture and work. As daunting as this sounds, it’s something that’s worth doing, and every small step helps.
If you have an industrial application that relies on accurate sensors for liquid levels, temperature, pressure, or other metrics, custom sen
sors from SMD Fluid Controls are good steps to take toward a fully lean workplace.
Custom Sensors To Meet Your Specific Needs
SMD Fluid Controls can work with you to create custom sensors built specifically for your needs, including multi-variable sensors that provide multiple functions in a single unit. Multi-variable sensors like combo level/temperature sensors reduce the components and time needed for installation in addition to minimizing inventory and build time. Maintenance and repair are streamlined as well.
For example, a brewery with multiple point level sensors, temperature sensors, and pressure sensors in each of its large brew tanks might spend an inordinate amount of time on maintenance, monitoring, and repair of these multiple sensors. A combination multi-level/temperature sensor could be designed and installed, replacing several units with a single streamlined component.