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legacy and modern production equipment, sensor packages, and other hardware, software applications can enable more efficient operations, improved production optimization, and increased productivity.
“As transformative as it is, MTConnect still suffers from a basic awareness problem,” McPhail said. “Although machine tool companies like Mazak are pushing MTCon- nect from its CEO on down, plant managers who may have heard of the standard don’t know exactly what it is or how it can help them.” Memex’s MERLIN (Manufacturing Execution Real-Time Lean Information Network) MES system is an industrial- strength shop-floor-to-top-floor communications platform that provides efficiency metrics in real time. According to McPhail, MERLIN delivers a 10-50% average productivity increase, and earns 20%-plus profit improvement based on just a 10% increase in OEE. “Payback is achievable in less than four months with Internal Rate of Return [IRR] greater than 300%,” he said. “We connect to any machine, old or
new, utilizing native MTConnect, OPC, FOCAS or FANUC I/O link using MERLIN hardware adapters.” More manufacturers are implementing manufacturing data systems because their customers are demanding that they provide accurate real-time and historical informa- tion on part production, said Cimco’s Romanowski. “In addition, shops want information that helps them forecast more accurately, pinpoint production issues, send real- time alerts when production problems occur, better under- stand their plant performance and provide traceability to the machine level,” she said. “With the correct information and reporting, manufacturing companies can improve interactions with their customers, improve quality, improve efficiency, reduce maintenance and reduce inventory. The technology is constantly evolving to meet these require- ments more efficiently.” Cimco’s manufacturing data collection system, MDC-Max,
provides customized reports, graphs, real-time alerts and live screens showing real-time production data. MDC-Max is fully
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