Single-Minute Exchange of Die快速换模
Single-Minute Exchange of Die is a setup-reduction method that aims to shorten equipment changeover time to a single-digit number of minutes, ideally under ten. In manufacturing documentation, the term appears in changeover procedures, lean training modules, and quick-change tooling descriptions, where it is used to distinguish internal setup tasks performed while a machine is stopped from external tasks that can be done while it runs.
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Where this term appears
Translators encounter SMED in setup sheets, lean event reports, and training videos for press or molding operations. The text often includes terms like internal setup, external setup, and changeover checklist; translators must preserve the contrast between activities done with the machine stopped and those done while it is running because the entire method depends on that distinction.
Translation checks
A frequent mistake is translating “single-minute” literally as “one-minute changeover,” overpromising a specific duration that the method does not require. Another error is collapsing internal and external setup into a generic “setup,” which hides the core insight of moving work from stopped time to running time and weakens the procedure.
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