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More data accessible from anywhere is the trend in production monitoring technology, writes John Osborne


Injecting mobility into data


Spotting trends in technology is a pretty diffi cult task, which is why we often leave it to the so-called “futur- ists” – people that specialise in examining technology innovations. One such example is Daniel Burrus, described by The New York Times as one of the top three business gurus and a strategic advisor to executives from numerous Fortune 500 organisations. Top of his 25 Technology-Driven Trends for 2014 is that: Big Data gets bigger and becomes a service. Burrus defi nes Big Data as the technologies and


techniques used to capture and utilize the exponentially increasing streams of data with the goal of bringing enterprise-wide visibility and insights to make rapid critical decisions. “Companies are learning the hard way that Big Bad Data can get you into trouble fast”, says Burrus. “So there is a new push to focus on the quality of the data as it is being captured. High Speed Analytics using advanced cloud services will increas- ingly be used as a complement to existing information management systems and programs to tame the massive data explosion.“ Many plastic moulding companies are using


production management software to capture an expanding amount of realtime data from the shopfl oor.


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An example is the ALS host computer system developed by German injection machinery maker Arburg. Three new modules were introduced late last year to provide additional data capture options: Web I/O alarms; Web I/O conditions; and Batch. The new web I/O facility enables the actuation of


output devices for central alarm signalling. Arburg says this is particularly useful for night and weekend shifts. The web I/O conditions feature records ambient temperature, air pressure and air humidity during production for quality assurance and documentation. The Batch module automatically enters batch docu- mentation in the order log. New auxiliary Fine Planning modules have also been


added to ALS recently. The Order Planning has been expanded to cover combined orders, and now also enables planning for use of family moulds (where one mould produces several mouldings each cycle). The Production Version module takes into account alterna- tive moulds and the different performance capabilities of injection moulding machines – such as their drive technology – during material planning. The Resource Confl icts module is designed to prevent problems caused by double assignment of master moulds and


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The future of manufacturing software


development is for mobile


access to even more data


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