In-car telemetry solutions
What if your car knows your driving habits better than you? What if it is clever enough to track location and automatically sends an alert to your family and hospital when your car crashes? All these is possible with the use of In-Car Telemetry which is a vehicle-based system that incorporates data logging, satellite positioning, […]
Open Innovations & IoT Applications
Internet of Things (IoT) has inspired various powerful application concepts, yet only few of them have been put into implementation. This issue is because of huge scope of protocols and standards, scattered amidst the industry, which hinders the communication and thus delays the IoT development. Earlier, IoT businesses worked individually, trying to serve their own […]
Fleet driven by IoT
IoT has a pretty straightforward role in fleet management. Sensors and devices are embedded in the vehicles. Data are then captured and analyzed which may trigger alerts and notifications. It is mostly used to track: Driver Behavior: Ad-on, third party sensors are attached to the vehicle along with traditional GPS technology to not only track […]
IoT and Smart Homes
Home automation today is in a nascent period in terms of consumer adoption. This area, more than any other market is clearly here to stay. Smart Homes is an exciting concept for modern establishments. Just within few years of its existence, we are now witnessing a crazy increase in the adaptation of this application. On […]
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, […]