Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

350 professionals were surveyed across Automotive Manufacturing, Power and Utilities, Renewable Energy, Transportation and Logistics, Smart Cities, and more to share feedback on building IIoT systems. IIoT no longer generates the buzz it did in the mid-10s of the century. Regardless, the use cases still abound for the technology.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 2, 2023

Many manufacturers and industrial facilities have reams and reams of raw data, but still struggle to determine how to make the best use of it. Digging into each step of the equipment’s timing, accuracy, and causes of process step disruption is a great way to unlock operational potential.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The three role-based copilots—Plant Performance Copilot, Digital Manufacturing Copilot, and the Connected Worker Copilot—provide enhanced human-like interaction so workers can get beyond standard data analytics and analysis to understand what happened, why, and more importantly, anticipate future events.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

are pleased to announce their collaboration, offering a robust and rapidly deployable solution that enhances production efficiency and operational excellence in manufacturing. The partnership is set to provide manufacturers with fast and easy-to-use tools for improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and optimizing machine performance.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 14, 2024

are pleased to announce their collaboration, offering a robust and rapidly deployable solution that enhances production efficiency and operational excellence in manufacturing. The partnership is set to provide manufacturers with fast and easy-to-use tools for improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and optimizing machine performance.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 15, 2023

For example, one manufacturer knew that operators deployed overrides but wasn’t aware of how long they were slowing down the machines as a result. In addition to earning a return on investment (ROI), Scytec DataXchange gives moldmakers the potential to identify inefficiencies and provides predictive maintenance (PdM).

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Control Engineering

JUNE 6, 2023

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) insights OEE helps manufacturers determine how effective productivity is for equipment, line or an operation. There are ways to automate this calculation to save manufacturers time and streamline operations.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 26, 2022

Through Microsoft, I discovered this 59-page IoT Signals Report – Manufacturing Spotlight (August 2022), published by Microsoft and Intel, with research conducted by IoT Analytics. One of the findings from the research tells us 72% of manufacturers have partially or fully implemented a smart factory strategy today. Why it matters.

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ATS

MARCH 5, 2024

First pass yield is calculated as a percentage of the total number of parts produced; the formula is: FPY = [(Number of saleable parts produced) / (Total number of parts produced over that time period)] x 100 Readers familiar with the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) calculation will notice the similarity with the quality score component.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2024

This has the potential to slash manufacturer downtime while empowering integrators to take on more business. Olis provides key performance indicators Common uses for PLC tags include measuring overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), monitoring cycle times, and fault detection.

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 22, 2024

But how will these trends impact robotics and automation and what can the manufacturing industry expect to see next year? 1) AI will set a new pace of development in robotics and automation AI is transforming the world of software development, making it cheaper, faster, and more effective. I can’t wait to see this evolve next year.

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MEM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

and explore the future of Smart Manufacturing today. Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine | The Home of Manufacturing Industry News The post Balluff’s Guided Changeover Solution Increases Overall Equipment Effectiveness (0EE) appeared first on Manufacturing & Engineering.

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Dinesh Mishra

JUNE 26, 2023

Today’s globalized and hyper-connected world expects manufacturers to be productive in ways that are sustainable, consumer-focused, and globally competitive. CXOs, Head of Manufacturing, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer, Product Design Engineer, CAD/CAM Programmer, CNC Machinist, Product Development Engineer, R&D Manager, and students.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 15, 2023

View real-time data KPIs such as availability, performance, quality, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and other critical metrics in user-friendly visual dashboards with filters and drill-downs. Easily accessible KPI data enables decision makers to spot weak points in manufacturing processes.

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iBASEt

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For a company to be a world-class manufacturer, this should be around 85%, which is the gold standard. Smart Manufacturing Layers. Smart manufacturing, sometimes synonymous with connected factory, industry 4.0, aims to achieve optimal efficiency in manufacturing by digitally transforming the operations.

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i4.0 today

MAY 22, 2023

It’s regarded as an advanced sector, with pronounced growth in the manufacturing of high quality precision products and components used in high tech industries like ICT, MedTech, automotive, and aerospace. All course content has been designed to enhance precision, productivity and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

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ATS

MARCH 5, 2024

Share One of the tenets of lean manufacturing is that goods should flow like water through production. That flow is smoothed by determining the takt time and configuring manufacturing to achieve it. This blog explains takt time in manufacturing. In this sense, takt time creates the “pull” that characterizes lean manufacturing.

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Factory Worx

MAY 19, 2022

How does OEE Help in the Food Manufacturing Industry? Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the go-to metric for food manufacturing facilities to recognise losses and benchmarking advancement toward improving throughput performance. Why OEE Is Critical for Food Industry.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Talking Industry , the highly regarded series of online panel discussions and podcasts, is set to bring exhibitors and visitors together in a unique environment with Talking Industry Live in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). The event will take place at the MTC, Coventry on April 25, 2023.

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MEM

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Every manufacturer understands the importance of keeping their machinery in tip-top condition – but how closely do you really monitor their true performance and utilisation? It has long been known by manufacturers that understanding a machine’s performance is key to reducing production costs and increasing production capacity.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2023

But how will these trends impact robotics and what can the manufacturing industry expect to see next year? AI will set a new pace of development in robotics AI is transforming the world of software development, making it cheaper, faster, and more effective. Submit your nominations for innovation awards in the 2024 RBR50 awards.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 8, 2023

In one example, Catania Oils, partnering with a system integrator, used a HMI/SCADA suite along with a plant data historian to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and key performance indicators (KPIs). Using SCADA and data to improve operations.

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ATS

MARCH 18, 2024

While good news for airlines, this is putting the aerospace parts manufacturing industry under intense sustained pressure. Some will come from extending the life of assets already in place, and the rest by increasing the availability of existing equipment. This blog reviews the maintenance challenges in aircraft part manufacturing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Schuler’s Digital Suite provides manufacturers with a fully networked press shop for optimized production. Schuler will identify the press shop of the future and highlight key technologies that maximize overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), implement digitalization practices, and conduct smart press shop practices.

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MEM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Machine monitoring software from FourJaw has driven a 14% uplift in machine utilisation at a luxury goods manufacturer. Fast-growing brass cabinet hardware manufacturer Armac Martin used data from FourJaw’s machine monitoring platform to increase its production capacity and meet a surge in demand for its product range.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A dashboard, which can be built with available software by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), end users or through provided services, can add visibility. Communications methods can include IO-Link Wireless, MQTT, OPC Unified Architecture (UA), Modbus, analog communications and WirelessHART.

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MEM

JANUARY 13, 2023

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK and manufacturers in particular have been facing ever-increasing challenges. From a shortage of staff to the difficulty in obtaining essential raw materials, the manufacturing sector has had a lot to navigate. How productivity improvement software can help.

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Control Engineering

JULY 12, 2023

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 initiatives. Review differences in Industry 4.0,

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Manufacturers are dealing with a skills gap, which is exacerbated by a training gap. Today’s manufacturing landscape is a dynamic mix of workforce challenges, which have been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting Great Resignation. Getting new workers up to speed quickly is a difficult process.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

JUNE 15, 2018

Cisco Live just wrapped this week , and we had a lot of great conversations with customers who are looking to evolve their manufacturing operations and achieve an “ultimate state.” For the first time, we have captured all these topics in one place, and we call it the Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing. Ultimate productivity.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In addition to a tangible business model, customers in fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environments who are considering industrial-scale additive deployments also need to demonstrate positive financial and productivity impact, as quickly as possible.

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Control Engineering

MAY 24, 2023

Discrete sensor insights Machine vision and sensor technology can help manufacturers discover flaws during the inspection process and make corrections with powerful cameras. It looks for defects and we train the model this way,” she said, adding later this process can help manufacturers reduce costs.

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Infinite Uptime

MARCH 24, 2022

Manufacturing encompasses a diverse and wide array of processes, industries, and raw materials. Yet all manufacturers everywhere share a common enemy: Unplanned Downtime, which harms productivity, asset health, brand reputation & dotted line. How can Predictive Maintenance as a Service be a gamechanger for Manufacturing?

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Infinite Uptime

JULY 6, 2022

Process manufacturers typically operate in data-rich environments and know their plants inside out. Even if this information exists within the manufacturing ecosystem, the plant maintenance and operational heads don’t really know how to use it to achieve optimum plant productivity. . Want to achieve faster plant reliability ?

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Responding to one of the greatest challenges for medical manufacturers – constant high output, rigorous technical requirements and high precision – the IntElect S 100 delivers the repeatability and accuracy required for highly demanding applications. sumitomo-shi-demag.uk and sumitomo-shi-demag.ie Today Magazine.

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MEM

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As the future of automation, Floor to Cloud solutions empower smarter packaging lines and more efficient processes that make it possible for manufacturers to continuously improve plant productivity, sustainability and safety. The G3 has an easy-to-read graphic display, which can be used for configuration, commissioning and diagnostics.

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ATS

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In manufacturing, KPIs often relate to output. Many businesses use Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as a KPI, and the maintenance function will measure activities, (use metrics), that contribute to this goal. Need help improving your manufacturing maintenance effectiveness?

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