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The flexAssistant worker assistance system enables digital worker guidance

Digital assistance systems enable reliable and efficient digitalisation of manual production. SOMA flexAssistant is a worker guidance and modular assistance software suite for assembly, production, or packaging that works independently of the industry.

Digital worker guidance and manual production rethought. Experience the SOMA flexAssistant worker assistance system with Pick by Light module.

Overview of SOMA flexAssistant assembly assistant

Digital worker guidance
Scalable pick-by-light system
Modular retrofit set
Reduced error rate
Paperless picking

Assembly assistant for every industry
Higher production quality
Simple pick by light assembly
Smart tools
Improved employee safety

A pick by light assembly system reduces picking costs
SOMA flexAssistant enables real-time monitoring of picking
Flexibly combine software and hardware

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The assembly software Suite 4.0 flexAssistant is the digital and industry-independent solution for worker assistance.

A worker assistance system that is as flexible and modular as your requirements

flexAssistant is the digital worker guidance system from SOMA and maps manual work steps completely digitally: from production to packaging to documentation. In the process, flexAssistant coordinates complex processes and all production sequences in the factory, helps train employees and guides your staff in assembly and production.

Our flexible and modular worker assistance systems enable the retrieval of relevant process parameters, component queries, provide digital work instructions as well as insight into planned routes of an AGV – flexAssistant worker assistance helps you to plan and execute your processes flexibly and reliably. For this purpose, the SOMA worker assistance system provides everything necessary for production, testing, packaging and documentation within the company.

Digital assistance systems in production

flexAssistant allows you to integrate almost any hardware, making your manual production process fully digital. Assembly workers are supported in their tasks by visual assembly instructions, pick-to-light assembly systems, as well as intelligent screwdriving systems.

Production assistance systems: Robotic assistants can also be integrated into complex processes with the help of flexAssistant. This allows you to expand from manual to semi-automated production without any system changes.

The flexAssistant worker software provides a fully scalable range of possibilities for digital worker assistance, with many advanced features. Our industry-independent worker assistance system is available in three different solutions, all of which can be tailored to your needs.

The worker assistant software is based on the National Instruments industry standard and replaces the paper-based instructions and documentation with a digital assembly guide. The worker receives all relevant information about the current component as well as necessary work steps to be carried out at the assembly station from the assembly assistant via a monitor.

The flexAssistant worker assistance system always provides the right solution

This can be implemented either as a software suite for worker guidance, a worker guidance system through digital retrofitting or a complete WorkBench system.

Worker assistance software suite

Digital worker assistance for anyone who wants to digitally integrate their existing production or assembly.

Digital worker guidance as retrofit set

A flexible solutions for those who simply want to digitally upgrade their manual production or assembly.

Worker assistance complete system

This is a complete system to assist workers who want to digitize their manual production from scratch.

Do you have questions about our worker assistance and pick-by-light system as individual solutions for your production? We are happy to help. Contact me

Advice on the flexAssistant worker assistance system

Do you have questions about our worker assistance system and individual solutions for your production? We are happy to help. Please contact me.

Your personal contact partner

Michael Penzel
Phone: +49 2355 50828-973
Email: m.penzel@soma.de

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Discover flexAssistant – the product catalogue and case study of the assistance system

Learn more about the SOMA flexAssistant in our digital product catalogue or in the following case study of the renowned pump manufacturer WILO.

Product Catalog

Browse through our product catalogue online and learn more about the SOMA flexAssistant Software Suite, the digital worker assistance.

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WILO Case Study

Learn in our digital case study how the renowned pump manufacturer WILO optimises its production with the SOMA flexAssistant.

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Digital assistance systems as assembly control in Industry 4.0

Digital worker assistance for digital assembly in industrial productions

The digital assembly software suite flexAssistant, developed by SOMA, is specifically designed to meet the requirements of manual assembly steps in industrial series production. The flexAssistant concept combines decades of experience as a plant manufacturer for international industrial customers. We have developed an assembly assistant system in collaboration with our customers, which makes worker guidance suitable for Industry 4.0 and beyond and is already successfully in use.

Adapt production processes with open standards

The SOMA flexAssistant worker assistance software is created as an open system based on the test management software TestStand from National Instruments. We help you to define production processes autonomously and to be able to carry out later adaptations independently. We accompany you only until you are able to stand on your own two feet with your digital worker guidance. Of course, we are always available to answer any questions you may have afterwards.

Visual assembly assistant makes the difference

We know what it takes to get assembly instructions right and have developed flexAssistant so that your employees can be guided as far as possible, regardless of language. This is because visual information can be clearly interpreted across countries and cultures, leading to fewer misunderstandings and significantly improved quality. In addition, flexAssistant supports the training of employees.

With or without hardware? Worker guidance software or complete system

It is up to you. In addition to the interactive software tool "flexAssistant", our portfolio offers you delivery on a touch panel PC in two sizes. SOMA can also design a complete workstation system for you. The SOMA flex WorkBench system, which is configured by our consultants according to your requirements, includes the software and a fully equipped workstation.

Production assistance systems: Pick by light assembly

Assistance systems have become an indispensable part of modern production environments. They increase efficiency, improve accuracy and reduce workload. One of the most popular assembly assistance systems is the Pick by Light (PBL) system. Pick by Light systems reduce assembly errors and increase worker satisfaction.

Assembly assistant: flexible, digital, reliable

Assistance systems are improving production in many industries. As an assembly assistant, flexAssistant offers numerous benefits, such as increased efficiency and quality, as well as reduced error rates. Workers receive supporting information directly at the assembly station, simplifying and speeding up the work process. The complete digitalisation means that assembly processes can be better monitored and controlled.

Features of the flexAssistant system

Pick to light assembly
Pick by light assembly
Pick to voice assembly
TAW (partial presence)
Scanner and label printer

Smart tools (screwdriving systems with position and value monitoring)
Parameterisation instead of programming
Expandable to SOMA flex - WorkBench System

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Advantages flexAssistant worker assistance system

Get started faster and produce more effectively with digital worker guidance

With the SOMA flexAssistant suite, you are simply productive faster. We configure your digital workplace so that your fitters feel right at home: No lengthy development times, no elaborate training, no high friction losses during implementation and employee training. We make sure that you produce more effectively than before in no time at all. And the best thing is: when the work is easier, it is simply more fun.

The flexAssistant worker software is parameterisable and allows workflows to be easily adapted without any programming knowledge.

Easier to adapt - worker guidance as flexible as your business

Every business works differently. The flexAssistant worker software is parameterisable and allows workflows to be easily adapted without any programming knowledge. This allows you to react quickly and independently to new requirements. With this flexibility and simplicity, flexAssistant is the intelligent control centre for all your manual production steps and can be expanded step by step into a complete digital factory workplace with MEW integration.

Worldwide used

flexAssistant speaks your languages if you produce at multiple locations around the world. The user interface was designed from the outset for international use and is available in all common languages. The flexAssistant suite was also designed from the outset to standardise workflows in international companies.

The user interface was designed from the outset for international use and is available in all common languages.

More advantages of flexAssistant

Visual assistance and digital work instructions of assembly tasks as worker assistance for manual assembly
Avoid production errors: Errors during assembly are recognised and made visible until they are corrected
Runs with almost any hardware, as an industry-independent solution for worker assistance

Intuitive worker assistance helps you be productive faster
Complete process traceability of all work steps
Information retrieval for optimisation of tools, materials or sequences even in complex processes
SOMA at your side as an experienced partner in industrial production

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Advice on the flexAssistant worker assistance system

Do you have questions about our worker assistance system and individual solutions for your production? We are happy to help. Please contact me.

Your personal contact partner

Michael Penzel
Phone: +49 2355 50828-973
Email: m.penzel@soma.de

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Your employees as experts

We like to share our knowledge. Whether it is the introduction of new production lines or optimization of existing stations, we have the right package for you.

For example: Training package "Base"

One-day training for 1-4 employees

Day 1: Basic structure, creating processes, changing existing processes, training materials

For example: Training package "Advance"

Two-day training for 1-4 employees

Day 1: Basic structure, creating processes, changing existing processes, training materials
Day 2: Advanced functions, debugging, operation, component manager

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Exhibition calendar

Date	Exhibition / Topics	Location	Informationen
19. – 21. March 2024	Lubricant Expo North America Dosing Technology	Detroit, USA	Learn more
17. – 19. September 2024	Lubricant Expo Europe Dosing Technology	Dusseldorf, Germany	Learn more
08. – 11. October 2024	Motek Dosing Technology, Worker Assistance	Stuttgart, Germany	Learn more

SOMA is one of the TOP 100 innovators in Germany

SOMA receives the TOP 100 award, which annually honours the top innovators in the German SME sector.

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SOMA engineering from Germany: Innovative solutions for testing technology, automation technology, dosing technology and worker assistance in production.

50 years of innovation and expertise

SOMA represents (special) mechanical engineering with the service concept "TECHNOLOGY JUST FOR YOU". Our team is proud to be a system supplier for industrial testing and product-specific automation systems for mechatronic and electronic products. We are also a leading manufacturer of innovative and patented dosing technology and worker assistance systems for production. For half a century, your needs have been the motivation for us to be your reliable partner with innovation, passion and teamwork.

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