In this exercise, you will learn how to create a Playlist using the Beacon Welding software.

Once you have completed this exercise, learn how to use the operator button box in Exercise 8

Introduction to playlist-based production

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let's create a playlist so you've

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created a few parts and now you want to

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run them

Creating single-part playlists for simple runs

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if you just want to run one part at a

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time you select the part that you'd like

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to run I'm going to click on part a

Building your first production playlist

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and I'm going to create a new playlist

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with this part

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and so now when we go and look at our

Navigating to the playlist management screen

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playlist screen that second tab there

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you'll see that part A is on the

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playlist

Adding multiple parts for batch production

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but maybe we want to run multiple Parts

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back to back

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I can go back to my parts screen

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and I can select part C

Organizing parts in custom sequence (A-C-B order)

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add to existing playlist

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and I can select Part B and add to

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existing playlist

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and now when we look at our playlist you

Viewing complete playlist before production

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see our three parts a then C then B

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and so now I'll hit play and the first

Running automated sequence - Part A execution

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part it'll run is part a

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and now without going back to the app we

Seamless transition to Part C without app interaction

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can hit play again and it's going to run

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the second part in our playlist

Completing sequence with Part B

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and then we'll hit play a third time and

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it'll play the third part in the

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playlist

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so you can have one part in your

Scalability: 1 to 100+ parts in one playlist

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playlist you can have a hundred parts in

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your playlist