Machine Data for Smart Manufacturing

Capturing asset data isn’t always plug-and-play.

A lot of companies have machine data gaps that create significant lag times to access, analyze, and act on core operations performance and business processes.  Without full access to data from manufacturing equipment, shop floor operators and management teams can’t determine where they can impact on quality, scrap, and downtime.

However, getting data isn’t as simple as plugging an Ethernet cable into the machine.  Machine connectivity is defined by the type of connection that is supported by the machine builder.  If your organization is missing data from even a few machines, it’s probably not getting full ROI from the manufacturing operations management (MOM) or ERP systems.

• Most factories have a broad mix of newer and legacy manufacturing equipment, and few organizations know how to get all the data out of every machine on the shop floor
• A majority of machine buyers aren’t aware that machine data isn’t standard or easily accessible on new capital equipment — some machine makers even charge a lot of dollars to get access to machine data
• While IT groups are usually eager to help get data out of machines, their teams aren’t always familiar with every cabinet and every protocol on every machine
• Maintenance engineers are machine experts, not data protocol or architecture experts; they usually struggle to get machine data quickly and in a cost-effective manner

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Capture Machine Data to Fuel Systems, Performance, and Programs

• Experts in machine and data protocols serving >20 manufacturing industries
• Capture any kind of data from any data source

We’ve seen every kind of machine and we get the data every time.

The Toward Zero Machine Connectivity Audit is a proven methodology to document each asset’s “connectability,” (e.g., machine connectivity).  It’s a critical foundational backbone for shop floor and manufacturing system projects and implementation so your team can create a dependable, achievable, and realistic project plan that includes every asset that is in-scope.  Your machine connectivity expert will work with you to:

• Examine and document each asset’s “connectability,” (e.g., machine connectivity)
• Categorize machines into two groups (native connectivity such as FANUC FOCUS, MTConnect, Euromap 63, OPC, or OPC UA; or legacy equipment that require IIoT hardware or gateway device such as a PLC)
• Assess current connection state
• Capture all relevant machine information (location, serial number, brass tag info, controller, IP address, and many others)

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What can your company do with all its machine data?