• Store part programs for all the parts that can be run in the pallet pool and download them to the individual
machine when the pallet is moved into the working area of the machine. By keeping the programs
in a central location, any modification to the programs is easily accomplished since the
program is only changed in one location. It was not uncommon at one time for the programs to
reside in the machine control; however, when there were multiple machines and a program was
changed, the programmer had to go to each machine and reload the modified program. Occasionally
the programmer was distracted before he finished loading all the machines and parts were made
using the old program.