A machine monitoring system based on Industry 4.0 can improve your shop floor profits dramatically, starting in just a couple of months. Here is an explanation of what it can do for your organization, in various areas. Data from machines – how does machine monitoring speed it up ? Manual machine monitoring – the problems …
An energy monitoring system based on Industry 4.0 can help reduce energy consumption, leading to reduction in expenditure and a more environmentally friendly shop floor. Traditionally, we have been tracking energy consumption for groups of machines like a whole shop floor. Maybe there is an energy meter for the whole shop, and we track the …
Production monitoring – accuracy and speed of data To be able to take correct and timely decisions on the shop floor, you need accurately and timely data from a good production monitoring system. With traditional paper-based manual production monitoring, data takes 1 day to reach you. With Industry 4.0, it takes 1 minute. 1440 minutes, …
OEE monitoring system – how it reduces the the 8 wastes of LEAN An OEE monitoring system can play a great role in reducing the 8 wastes of Lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing, or LEAN, is the systematic elimination of waste (‘Muda’) within a manufacturing system. Lean manufacturing is derived from the Toyota Production System. To …
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Each post in this blog has: 1. A bit of gyan (knowledge in Sanskrit) on Industry 4.0, specifically for MSMEs.2. Some Etc (meaning Etcetera), which is interesting stuff that has nothing to do with work. Industry 4.0 is a multi-disciplinary field, and knowledge on it is not available conveniently packaged in handbooks. Acquiring knowledge is painless …
Why Industry 4.0 and LEAN go together As the number of machines on our shop floor increases, the darkness increases, and we stand there, wondering, fearing, doubting…..We have no idea of the current production quantity, which machines are running and which are idle, what is the ROI on the machines, and a hundred other things …
Production tracking software and Andon boards Stale data on Andon boards is as useless as stale bread, and is in fact as harmful as stale bread. Here’s how production tracking software based on Industry 4.0 principles can get you accurate and instant data on your Andon boards. Stale data on Andon boards is as useless …
IoT based machine monitoring system The components of an IoT based machine monitoring system are these: Cyber physical system, IoT and Cloud computing. Cyber-physical system (CPS): Basically, a machine that is controlled or monitored by a computer that is directly connected to the internet. Cyber means ‘involving, using or relating to computers’ (as in cyber-space or …
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Formula for OEE calculation – diagnosing problems and fixing them The formula for OEE is simple, but the ingredients that go into the calculation for OEE decide whether you get a proper number. Availability = (Running time / Available time)Performance = (Real production / Theoretical production)Quality = (Good products / Real production) Formula for …
Remote machine monitoring implementation roadmap, for a painless takeoff A remote machine monitoring system involves two basic components: Hardware and software that collects data electronically from the machine, and stores it in a database (picture 1). Software that automates or improves various activities with the data stored in the database (picture 2). The database of …
