Treatment Groups

Treatment Groups

Treatment Groups are one of the many customizable features we offer in Steelhead. Any selection of treatments can be collected together in order to set the preferences for them as a group.

Viewing Listed Groups

• To find the list of Treatment Groups, press the icon labeled "Treatments" on the Homepage, and then the button on the top right of the page labeled "Treatment Groups".
  • Here you will see all the treatment groups that have been created, including options to create new ones, edit existing ones, or view more details about them.

Create Treatment Group

In the button at the top of the screen there is a popup menu for adding a new treatment group to the list. Press it, and a window will pop up that contains several Entry Fields and drop-down menus to set preferences for the field.

Group Details

Selecting a specific group allows you to see an assortment of settings that can be applied to that group.

• This menu is similar to the Treatment details page, but it is for groups instead of specific treatments.
  • Because of this, the settings will apply across the board to all treatments within the group.

Below you will find a list of these options:

Stations

Stations are physical locations that can perform one or more Treatments. Stations that can perform specific Treatments must be added to those Treatments/Treatment Groups in Steelhead.

Adding Stations to a Treatment/Treatment Group:

Adding a Station to a Treatment means that the Station can perform the Treatment. For example, you would apply the Station "Oven #1" to the Treatment "Cure" if that oven can handle cure treatments. You can also apply Stations to Treatment Groups if applicable. For instance, you could apply the "Paint Booth" Station to the "Paint" Treatment Group instead of applying the Station to every specific paint color.

To add a Station to a Treatment/Treatment Group:

• Enter into the desired Treatment/Treatment Group Page and scroll down to the Station section.

• Click "+ ADD/EDIT STATIONS FOR TREATMENT".
  

• Select the Station that can perform the Treatment. Optional: Fill out the time settings.

• Click "SAVE".
  

• Repeat process to add more Stations to the Treatment Group.

Default Time for Station Treatments
When you add a Station to a Treatment, you have the option to specify how long the Treatment takes. The default Treatment times are the estimated time of completion for the Treatments to be applied. The options are:

• Default Cycle Time (minutes)
  • The amount of time that passes before a new batch of parts can be entered into a station.
• Total Time (minutes)
  • The amount of time that passes before a batch of parts is done being treated at the Station.
• Time Type Selection
  • General Batch Process: The default time is applied to whole batches.
  • Per Part Time: The default time is applied to individual parts.
  • Part Number Specific Batch Process: The default time is applied to specific Part Number batches.

These time settings can be added to Treatments or Treatment Groups, but Treatment settings always override Treatment Group settings.

Prices

The Prices table here shows pricings that are to the group. The columns listed are:

• Price Name
• Treatment
• Part Number
• Customer
• Price
• Operation
• Actions
  Additionally there is a button to add new prices showing a popup menu that looks like this:
  

Process Nodes

This area of the Treatment Group Details page shows the node in the process tree that is occupied by the group.

Treatments

This final table shows treatments that have been added to the group. The columns listed are:

• Name
• Inventory Item
  Additionally there is a button to add inventory items to treatments, showing a popup menu that looks like this: