Adaptation of thermal testing for real - time testing in both the factory and depot

Since the start of thermal testing it has always been an offline process. Therefore it has baffled the best industrial engineers for optimizing and balancing flows, added undo complexity for the test engineers to develop real-time tests and made it extremely expensive for low volumes especially in a depot setting. By throwing out all of our previous notions of how and what thermal testing should be, a new design and approach was invented. Using the Toyota Production System model of combining 6 sigma and Lean Manufacturing, a new thermal process has been design and implemented. This has allowed the ability for real time testing under temperature in units of one, ability to debug under temperature, and dramatically reduced cycle times, energy and floor space costs. This paper will walk through the strategy, implementation and advantages of using this new approach.