New Approach to Laboratory Automation, 1996 Plastic Laminates Symposium Proceedings
The design of a system for increasing the efficiency of a paper testing laboratory is discussed. Starting with needs for both increased product testing and a switch to having all testing performed directly by the papermakers, a computer interface system was designed and implemented. The system electronically initiates the test, coordinates autofeed testing instruments, sends the data to the a host computer and produces reports and graphs for the operators. For a series of tests for our Unisat ® product line, we have reduced 25 minutes of manual testing in two minutes of operator time and six minutes of clock time.
New Approach to Laboratory Automation, 1996 Plastic Laminates Symposium Proceedings
