Design and Prove-Out of a Material Tracking System With a Pad Printer and Laser Etcher System

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Abstract:

A Material Tracking System and Bar-coding System was procured and installed at Kansas Army Ammunition Plant KSAAP as part of the Flexible Load, Assembly, and Pack LAP facility contract. The material tracking system uses a software program called Inventory Management, Process and Control Tracking System IMPACTS to provide paperless control of material on a production line. The bar-coding system consists of pad printers that apply blocks of paint on the projectiles for the serial numbers and barcodes. The pad printers also apply warning labels and explosive marking to the projectiles. The bar-coding equipment is used in conjunction with a laser etcher that etches serial numbers and barcodes onto the projectiles and then scans them into the system using the IMPACTS software. The purpose of designing and implementing this system was to establish a tracking system for flexible LAP facilities within the United States industrial base. This report discusses the tracking and bar-coding system, testing of the integrated systems, and the final prove-out, which were successfully completed on the 60-mm mortar line at KSAAP.

Author(s):
Roe, Tasha ; Spicer, Daniel ; Hamby, Jeff ; Powers, Mark ; Sykes, Lyle
Author Organization(s):
ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ MUNITIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images. All DTIC reproductions will be in black and white. Prepared in collaboration with Day and Zimmermann, Philadelphia, PA.
Pagination:
0061

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ARMET-TR-09021
Monitor Series:
ARDEC/ESIC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_5.3_Planning
Modernization Areas:
5G
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*TRACKING, *ETCHING, *LASERS, PROJECTILES, ARMY FACILITIES, MORTARS, LABELS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, INVENTORY CONTROL, MATERIALS, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, WARNING SYSTEMS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Lasers and Masers, Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
Keyword(s):
*BAR CODING, *IMPACTS(INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND CONTROL TRACKING SYSTEM), TRACEABILITY, SERIAL NUMBERS, *PAD PRINTERS
Report Date:
2009 Aug 01
Creation Date:
2009 Oct 07