IOT and Connectivity

IOT and Connectivity

What's the end use?

Communication


  • With everything communicating in your shop floor, the possibilities for what solutions can be built on top of this are vast. From full smart factory applications such as ERP systems publishing order and production data to and from production equipment, CMM machines pushing measurement data to SPC systems  in turn changing offsets on CNC machines, to even small scale applications such as simple uptime machine data collection to improve predictive maintenance. The benefits are nothing shy of a door opening to an entire organization transformation.

Equipment Enabling


  • Whether you are a machine tool builder, automation integrator, or manufacturing company with in house custom made equipment and tooling, there is many use cases for connectivity and IOT enabling. Providing flexibility to control equipment remotely, data collection, or having IOT ready products for end users/ customers, these and many more use cases are what brings any organization a step closer to industry 4.0

Applications


  • With an IOT and connectivity platform deployed in your organization, it goes beyond just connecting and communicating. The way we design the platform is to be a core tool as an entire industry 4.0 infrastructure. This means any applications needed to advance your organization can be swiftly developed and deployed on the platform. Your organization will have the core tools to deploy any solution efficiently, and sustainably.

How does it work?

Platform

 

When setting up an IOT system for your organization, the first step is setting up an appropriate environment. Whether your needs are as minimal as one way machine data extraction, or as complex as a full IOT enabled factory with ERP and MES systems communicating to all your shop floor equipment. We have the tools and expertise to understand current state and future state of your industry 4.0 journey, and setup an appropriate infrastructure in alignment with your goals.


Connectivity


We take the approach of connected factory to the full extent; any equipment that serves purpose in your process should be taken into account for connectivity. Anything from CNC machines to work holding, vision systems, and custom tooling. With our stand alone in house IOT systems, we can configure accordingly to connect anything to your company infrastructure.



Interface


Equipment needs to be IOT friendly, whether that entails setting up and integrating a machine side solution, developing an IOT messaging protocol interface such as MQTT or OPC-UA, or creating a custom machine driver. We can work with you to find a solution for your equipment.



Example use case

    • ERP system sending next scheduled order to a fully automated maching cell, along with CNC program from remote repository. Said cell also utilzes a connected CMM to inspect first 5 parts which communicate dimensional errors and overide tool adjustments for out of tolerance part dimensions.

    • Fully modular automation cell sending signals to Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) to drive over, and remove modules (plug n play automation equipment) for different part variations.

    • CNC machine vibration system makes real time adjustment to cutting feed rates (within pre-defined allowed limts) to reduce possibilty of tool breakage.
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