After labeling, the current data of the material is assigned to the platinum number in the cloud. These include oil film thickness, roughness, tensile strength and other technical data. For example, it is possible to determine whether the blank was cut at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the coil. Especially at the beginning and end of the belt, the material thickness and other values may vary.

In the meantime, there are also efforts to have the strip of the delivered coil printed with a code to which corresponding material parameters are assigned in relation to the length – such as the strip thickness, for example. This code is read with a camera in the coil line and the measured values behind the code are assigned to the boards. This also allows you to track changes in values over time and incorporate them into the process.

The resulting stacks of blanks are destacked at the press line and a camera system reads FOL the lasered code to assign further data from the press to the material. In this way, it is possible to analyse the properties of the individual parts at any time, from the cut blank to the finished car.