Collect data from every critical asset for smart manufacturing apps
Machine shops struggle to collect data from CNC machines for OEE, shop floor analytics, and other apps. Apogean™ by Toward Zero makes it quick and easy to collect data from CNC machines, without expensive PLC’s, complex wiring, or third-party conversion software. Apogean is a plug-and-play smart manufacturing data collection device with onboard software to convert data from your CNC machines to almost any protocol needed for OEE, manufacturing analytics, MES, or other smart manufacturing application.
No more expensive hardware, software, infrastructure, or additional network drops. Apogean lets you use the same serial port or ethernet port for both CNC program and machine data collection.
Apogean lets your older and newer CNC equipment “speak” to smart manufacturing solutions quickly and inexpensively. We eliminate the need for expensive PLC’s, complex wiring, and third-party conversion software.
With Apogean, data flows both directions using the serial port or ethernet port on your CNC equipment. Apogean converts your data into other protocols so you can use any analytics or smart manufacturing app on the market today. It also means that you don’t have to change your data collection method or architecture if you change your mind later about applications, or want to try new ones as they come on the market.
As a result, you can capture and leverage data from every critical asset. What does that mean for your machine shop with various machine types, brands, and controllers? Machine tools generate hundreds of data points every millisecond, but not every smart manufacturing software application “speaks” the various proprietary protocols. If you want to use industrial analytics and apps, you need a quick, inexpensive way to get your machine data over to common systems like:
There’s no reason to mothball your legacy machines or exclude them from your analytics initiative because you can’t collect data from them. Collect data from CNC machines with the world’s only intelligent data collection solution that “speaks the same language” as all the smart manufacturing applications on the market today.
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Getting access to machine data can be frustrating and confusing. That doesn't mean your company has to skip older equipment or machines with proprietary protocols. If you're unsure what approach is right for your company or specific machines, get advice from a machine connectivity expert.
Toward Zero helps you establish priorities, build consensus, choose and implement solutions, and manage change within manufacturing operations and throughout the industrial enterprise. How can we help you?