said. “Traditionally this type of information sharing has been through posting paper reports on a bulletin board in public areas. Our new electronic Shop Kiosk provides shops an alternative to posting paper reports. It provides an electronic and interactive dissemina- tion method for content via a touchscreen LCD using a modern, tiled Windows 8 interface.”
Real-Time Analysis is Key To be competitive, manufacturing operations must collect and analyze factory-fl oor data in real time in order to more effectively gage overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and other factors. Until fairly recently, however, the costs for machine tool data collection have been prohibitive, with only larger manufacturing operations able to easily afford them. “It’s critical that manufacturers focus on things in real time,” said Greg Mercurio, president, Shop Floor Automations Inc. (La Mesa, CA), a manufacturing integrator for collection and management solutions from Predator Software and Scytec Systems. Since last year, shops looking to lower data col- lection and monitoring costs have been using the Scytec Consulting Inc. (Greenwood, CO) cloud-based data monitoring system that Shop Floor Automations distributes. “We’re the sales, service and support partner for them, which includes demonstrations and on-site visits,” Mercurio said. “The difference in this approach is it’s a ‘try before you buy.’” Some years ago, it was commonplace to pay $2000–$3000 per machine for shop monitoring, Mercurio said, but with the Scytec cloud-based alter- native, it costs shops a fraction of those prices. “For the medium-sized to smaller shops, typically 50–100 users or less, the reality is they don’t have that type of money,” Mercurio said. “With this system, the cost is much lower up-front.” The Predator MDC (Manufacturing Data Collec- tion) suite of machine data monitoring, collection and analysis software features real-time performance with
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reports, charts and dashboards. The software suite tracks key manufacturing metrics such as OEE, cycle time, idle time, setup time, and machine downtime. Available as Predator MDC, MDC Express or Enter- prise editions, the package is based on open-archi- tecture client-server database standards with users selecting from either Microsoft Access or Microsoft Server or Oracle. In August, Predator released an update of its PDM application, adding performance improvements for users viewing vault data and in- creasing the maximum number of vault items. “Productivity, reliability and revision control have been and will continue to be the hallmarks of modern shop fl oor DNC networking and communication software,” said Jim Abbassian, president, Predator Software Inc. (Portland, OR). “MDC or Manufactur- ing Data Collection and machine monitoring provide actual shop-fl oor metrics that feed back into im- proved scheduling and improved ROI on shop fl oor utilization and management. PDM has traditionally been used on engineering drawings, but lately we have developed manufacturing-based document management that addresses the requirements of CNC program management and manufacturing shop-fl oor document management.”
Cimco Americas LLC Ph: 888-DNC-7858 Web site:
www.cimco.com
Exact Software North America LLC Ph: 800-777-4334 Web site:
www.exact.com
Henning Industrial Software Ph: 330-650-4212 Web site:
www.henningsoftware.com
Predator Software Inc. Ph: 503-292-7151 Web site:
www.predator-software.com
Shop Floor Automations Inc. Ph: 619-461-4000 Web site:
www.shopfl
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