In mass-produced furniture production, one of the major factors influencing production INEFFICIENCY is large production batches - defective parts prevent products from being completed, so incomplete parts take up the "floor" and complicate the flow of products.

One of the reasons affecting large production batches is the long setup time of multi-spindle drilling machines, which is determined by:

- wear of drilling units, due to which the center of the drilled hole in each part shifts by a certain amplitude determined by the level of wear of the units;

- operators' ability to relate the influence of different drilled hole tolerances on the production of a quality part.

Considering that in serial furniture production, multi-spindle drilling lines, due to the complexity of adjustment, have the greatest impact on batch size and thus create problems in the effective management of the production flow, these lines are the weakest point in the serial furniture production industry.

To help solve the "Achilles heel" of this industry segment, we set out to create assistants that, using computer vision (CV) and artificial intelligence, would help:

- for the operator to adjust the drilling lines faster,

- provided recommendations for the prevention of drilling units.

The project is co-finansed by the European Union.

The project value is EUR 132,617.52, of which the European Union funding is EUR 81,870.26.

Project implementation period: December 2023 - June 2026.

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Since 2000, UAB Proginta has specialized in implementing solutions that determine production efficiency and providing production flow consulting services to manufacturing companies (cabinet and upholstered furniture, metal processing, food industry, etc.).

By focusing on increasing the efficiency of industry segments, we aim to solve the root problems that determine the inefficiency of one or another industry. For this reason, we decided to use this project to help mass-produced furniture companies solve one of their most pressing problems in order to help them get closer to "zero" defects in drilling operations.

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Project contact person: Andrius Gudaitis, andriusg@proginta.lt, +370 699 92659