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Mobile App for Metalworking Fluid Monitoring and Maintenance
Ideal for monitoring fluid inventory, usage, waste and recycling on everything from machine tool coolants and lubricants to parts washer degreasers, the TechTool mobile app from Fluid Service Technologies helps machine shops monitor an unlimited number of assets.
Advanced Analytics and Deep Learning in Condition-Based Maintenance
The FIELD system from FANUC provides intelligent condition-based maintenance to help optimize the performance and life of CNCs, robots, peripheral devices and sensors used in automation systems.
Optimize Machining/Grinding Cycles
The PowerReader from GTI Predictive Technology allows a shop to add more cycles to their existing machining work flow to make the most out of it, increasing output, saving time and money.
Customizable Role-Based Views of Machine Tool Performance Data
Dashboards from 5ME allows users to create a one-screen view of machine tool performance data pertinent to their job function.
Rethinking Power Transmission
A new grid is being assembled to transmit power as well as information through the air, without wires. Chris Mims of WSJ examines how this could unlock an age of wonders.
The Modern Day Crystal Ball
Predicting maintenance requirements is one of the most important benefits of advanced analytics. In the face of a hyper-competitive global economy, the smart use of predictive analytics may be the differentiating factor that sets one fabricator apart from the countless others.
Next Generation OEE: Better Information = Better Shop Floor Control
Too often management invests in wiring machines to a central server for uptime and downtime reporting on the machines. These systems are relatively inexpensive and produce colorful dash boards, but may not reveal the reason for the downtime. Knowing the “who, what, why” is more important than just the “where and when.”
Connectivity from the Sensor Level to the Business Intelligence Level
The e-F@ctory Alliance Program from Mitsubishi Electric Automation is a third-party referencing program with other automation hardware and software vendors that allows customers to select solutions that best solve their automation challenges.
FACTIVITY Software Now Offered in Korean
FACTIVITY announced the Korean translation of its Manufacturing Execution System collection software.
The Maintenance Platform of the Future
For shops that have operated the same way for 50 years and don’t really know where to start a predictive maintenance program or where to focus PDM for competitive advantages in the future, Tom Hoenig of GTI Spindle Technology shares some critical insights into starting up and sustaining an effective system using the latest technology and devices.
Equipment Monitoring System Readings Made Easy with iPad App
GTI Predictive Technology recently announced the immediate availability of its Equipment Monitoring System.
Rotomation Selects CADENAS PARTsolutions to Provide Digital 3D Part Content
Rotomation’s improved user interface streamlines the specification process for design engineers.
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