Market trends for Industry 4.0
As we already saw glimpses of IoT market trends, let us now have an overview of what Industry 4.0 holds for 2017. Manufacturing It is going to be surprising for people who think rapidly changing, customer-specific mass production is a dream for future to accomplish. Industry 4.0 manufacturing architecture which is fast, customized and […]
Understanding new robotics trends
Robots are advancing with each passing day. They are getting lightweight, faster, smaller, simpler and less expensive for a specific load capabilities. With robots, components like connectors and cables are also evolving. The robotics technology today is expanding its use beyond automotive applications. For example, six-axis robots are usually installed on places to shuffle from […]
Industry 4.0 and Chemical Industry
Organizations focusing on business operations may use Industry 4.0 to improve efficiency and reduce risk factors. While organizations that are focused on growth must apply Industry 4.0 to generate a brand-new revenue stream. As we explore the ways in which information creates value, it becomes evitable to also understand this from manufacturing perspective to relate […]
Layers of Industry 4.0
Layers in any industry depict the substance and core of everything that holds it. Let us have a quick look at what Industry 4.0 is integrated of: Technology Integration Technology Integration helps to facilitate physical-to-digital transformation. It connects certain hardware components, applications, supporting systems, etc to the equipments and plants in different locations to share […]
Introduction to OEE
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a standard that measures the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive. It helps to measure manufacturing and production productivity. OEE supports TPM by carefully tracing the progress and downtimes to achieve the determined target of perfection. An OEE score of 100% depicts production excellence. An OEE score of […]
What is TPM?
After having a quick start on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), let us also have look at TPM. A universal approach for equipment maintenance that optimizes the production process can be termed as Total Production Maintenance (TPM). Operational efficiency of machines can maximized by preventive and proactive maintenance approach of TPM. TPM clears the hurdle between production […]
Pillars of TPM
The eights pillars or activities of Total Production Maintenance (TPM) focus on preventive and proactive measures to improve machine reliability. They are: Autonomous Maintenance Planned Maintenance Quality Maintenance Focused Improvement Early Equipment Management Training and Education Safety, Health, Environment TPM in Administration Autonomous Maintenance Operators are handed over the responsibility for routine maintenance such as inspection, […]
Benefits of Automated OEE Tracking
Performing manual OEE calculations can surely give a kick-start since only five details are required ( Planned Production Time, ideal cycle time, Stop Time, Total Count and Good count). Manually calculating OEE deepens the knowledge and understanding of OEE. Despite this, there are some really strong benefits of inclining towards the automated OEE data calculation. […]
Six Big Losses of OEE
The Six Big Losses are utmost important to know as they are nearly generic in all the applications universally for manufacturing and they are the most common causes of productivity loss. This losses are nothing but the broken parts of the OEE components -Availability Loss, Performance Loss and Quality Loss. They can provide a great […]
Smart Manufacturing
At times, it gets difficult to ascertain the long-time benefits of IIoT, yet the following three are the most trusted operational environments that would add flavor to the world of IIoT. Smart Enterprising Tight integration of manufacturing, smart and connected machines push the limits of IIoT further. This increases the capability, flexibility, efficiency and profitability […]