Tobacco

This industry utilizes some of the fastest equipment in the world. 20/20 Hindsight removes the mystery of jams and helps train new personnel. By rendering the intricate equipment movements into as a series of slow-motion images, timing problems and equipment wear can be quickly diagnosed and solutions implemented.

Video Clip	Event/Process Description	Outcome achieved via 20/20 Hindsight High Speed video Application
	Cigarette stack.	Reduced Operating Costs
	Cigarette wrapper.	Minimized Waste
	First Wheel.	Continuous Improvement Goals Achieved
	Cigarette falls off of drum.	Reduced Operator Intervention
	Belt slides off its spindle.	Reduced Machine Malfunctions
	Cigarette gets dropped while in motion.	Costly Downtime Avoided
	Turning Drum.	Increased Line Efficiency
	X2 Packer.	Gained Cycle Time Efficiencies
	Cigarette Wrapper.	Increased Uptime
	Cigarettes are moved along a rotary conveyer where a laser perforates the tip to make the cigarette easier to light. The cigarettes are moving at 8000 units per minute. A frame rate of 1000 frames per second allowed this complex video to be recorded and analyzed.	Efficiency Improvements Achieved
	Cigarette filters moving along an infeed conveyer at 8000 units per minute.	Increased Uptime
	Cigarette Cartoning	Improved Line Efficiency

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