CEI BarCode App

Caron Engineering, a member of Partners in THINC, offers a machine tool app called CEI BarCode that can be used to track any kind of data you have in your shop. This app is completely customizable – you can use it to maintain records of machine tool processes, for traceability, or for any other kind of data collection you find useful.

Potential Uses

As just a few examples, the CEI BarCode app can be used to:

• Automatically load a program with just a scan
• Automatically load all the variables associated with a program
• Maintain data on materials used
• Track operator IDs for changing shifts
• [Your data collection requirement here]

Traceability Scenario

To give you an idea of how this could be used for traceability, consider the following scenario:

• A load of new material is brought to a machine
• Before loading the material, scan the barcode on the material cart
• This tags your part run that’s associated with this particular material batch
• If, down the road, a batch of bad parts comes up, you can identify which material batch this is associated with
• You can add your own protections to ensure traceability – such not allowing the machine to run until a new material batch is scanned

This app is a great demonstration of what’s possible when using machine tool apps on your CNC control. Tedious manual processes are streamlined, and made error-proof.

To download the CEI BarCode app, and to view other apps currently available (we’re adding more on a continuous basis), please visit the Okuma App Store.