Shoe-String Automation

Conference · Mon Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:813458

Duncan, M L

Faced with a downsizing organization, serious budget reductions and retirement of key metrology personnel, maintaining capabilities to provide necessary services to our customers was becoming increasingly difficult. It appeared that the only solution was to automate some of our more personnel-intensive processes; however, it was crucial that the most personnel-intensive candidate process be automated, at the lowest price possible and with the lowest risk of failure. This discussion relates factors in the selection of the Standard Leak Calibration System for automation, the methods of automation used to provide the lowest-cost solution and the benefits realized as a result of the automation.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22800
• OSTI ID: 813458
• Report Number(s): Y/QS-0049; TRN: US200316%%213
• Resource Relation: Conference: National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Gaithersburg, MD (US), 07/30/2001--07/31/2001; Other Information: PBD: 30 Jul 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
AUTOMATION
CALIBRATION
LEAK DETECTORS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS