【TPM英文】有译文：SMED-快速切换

SMED, which stands for Single Minute Exchange of Die, is also known by a number of other names, for example Set Up Reduction and Set Up Improvement.

快速切换（SMED）是Single Minute Exchange of Die的缩写，其也有不少其他的叫法，比如，减少切换时间及切换优化。

The term SMED was allegedly coined by Shigeo Shingo, after the Second World War, when the Japanese car manufacturers found themselves competing against the large car manufacturers of the United States.

SMED这一术语，据称是由新乡重夫在“二战”后提出的，当时日本的车企发现自己正与美国的大型车企展开竞争。

The Japanese had very little money and were working with old presses, discarded by the manufacturers in the States, who in contrast had enough money to buy new presses and dedicate them to separate components.

日本的车企资金少得可怜，使用的是美国淘汰的老旧冲床，与之相反的是，美国的车企拥有雄厚的资金去购买新的冲床，并将这些新冲床用于单独的组件上。

For the Japanese to compete it was imperative that they size changed each press frequently and to be competitive this had to be done quickly.

对于日本的车企来说，他们必须频繁切换冲床的尺寸，而且要有竞争力，必须要尽快去完成尺寸切换。

Shigeo Shingo, a guru in this field, was a keen golfer whose aim was a single figure handicap i.e. a number under 10. Single Minute Exchange of Die means any number less than 10 minutes.

新乡重夫，是在汽车制造领域的一位大师，酷爱打高尔夫球，他的目标是单一的数据差点，比如，数量在10以下。快速切换，意味着任何小于10分钟的数值。

SMED has been further refined to OTED, One Touch Exchange of Die, and zero minute exchange of die, by those well down the road of applying the technique.

快速切换已经被进一步改良为OTED，意即：一触即发快速切换，不需要时间对模具进行切换，由能娴熟应用这门技巧的人员去实施。

The Set Up Improvement tool is traditionally used to reduce the amount of time that a machine is not running, while it is being changed over to run a different part.

切换优化的工具，一般被用来在机器被切换生产不同的部件时去减少机器不运作的时间。

In non-manufacturing situations the tool can be used to reduce the amount of time that a process is not running when it is either being changed to run something else or while it is stopped, or interrupted for other essential or routine tasks.

在非制造环境中，SMED这一工具可用于减少流程在运行其他程序，或者停止，或者中断其他基本要素，或日常任务时的不运行的时间。

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