At its core, Elam is a worker guidance system from the assembly sector that guides employees step by step through the assembly of products and variants and simultaneously documents the correct execution of the work steps. With the new Generation 5, however, the software has grown beyond the assembly area.

Silvio Herder, Head of Software Development, explains: "The assistance systems currently available on the market are practically only suitable for operations at individual workstations due to their limited range of applications. Without the important possibilities of the full range of tool applications or the peripheral operations of logistics, they can only be used to a limited extent. Our new Elam generation can accompany the complete process chain from goods receipt to dispatch, in full depth with all branches. With the connection of all tools and measuring equipment, connectable only with drag-and-drop instructions. Workflows can be created as a flowchart with branches."

Integrate hardware via plug-and-play

In addition to pure software, Armbruster also offers the integration or development of the necessary hardware, including all the components required for assembly. There is now an extensive list of controllers that can be integrated directly into the Elam system. Konstantin Klez, Hardware Development, explains: "Our hardware offers the complete delivery of all modules required for assembly. As plug-and-play technology, from the computer and peripheral devices to the handling arm. We have a modern test center for digital production, which is consistently designed for the process sequences in production."

Elam 5 is now browser-based and offers a newly developed and redesigned user interface. Another new feature is the flowchart editor, which can be used to create individual work steps and conditions. There is also a new dashboard for evaluating the work processes, as Elam 5 documents the correct execution of the work steps during use if required. It can also record the exact torque with which a screw was tightened or any other value provided by the connected sensors. This information can be filtered, organized and output as reports via the dashboard, for example to document the correct assembly of a product for a client.