Machine downtime – 3 causes fixed in 2 weeks
Plan for reducing 3 big machine downtimes caused by work ethics issues In a lot of shops, just machine downtime at shift changes and extended break times can account for up to 1.5 hours in each 8-hour shift, which is an astounding 18 % of available time. If you also have night time sleeping, you […]
Industry 4.0 – its effect on morning production meetings
What does Industry 4.0 do to the daily morning production meeting ? All of us in manufacturing, we dread those daily morning production meetings, right ? With Industry 4.0, you’ll actually start loving the meetings. Production meetings the current way For half an hour before the time of the meeting, we look at a bunch […]
Industry 4.0 – only for high automation ?
Industry 4.0 terms and Industry 4.0 buzzwords – the ‘need to know’, and ‘can throw in the dustbin’. This article is for users of Industry 4.0, who are confused by all the Industry 4.0 terms and Industry 4.0 buzzwords that are thrown at you whenever you try to understand what Industry 4.0 is, whether it […]
Industry 4.0 terms and buzzwords – navigating the jargon
Industry 4.0 terms and Industry 4.0 buzzwords – the ‘need to know’, and ‘can throw in the dustbin’. This article is for users of Industry 4.0, who are confused by all the Industry 4.0 terms and Industry 4.0 buzzwords that are thrown at you whenever you try to understand what Industry 4.0 is, whether it […]
Real time production monitoring system( With implementation plan )
Production monitoring systems involve these basic components: Hardware and software that collects data electronically from the machine, and stores it in a database (picture 1). Software that automates or improves various activities with the data stored in the database (picture 2). Production monitoring display systems for viewing by shop floor personnel. The database of machine […]