MANAGEMENT | PROCESS CONTROL
Above: The OEE cockpit from Coperion provides clear insight in to equipment effectiveness to aid process optimisation
a customer’s local engineering team, Coperion can provide support as required using its remote service tools. At K2022, the company will exhibit a new version of its ServiceBox. It says that ServiceBox CSB 4.0 expands remote service support options for Coperion compounding systems to include both extruder operation as well as material conveying and associated components. It also provides access to Coperion’s C-Beyond 4.0 platform. The company says ServiceBox CSB 4.0 can actively support the system start-up process on request, generating rapid online remote diagnostics and helping to optimise system efficiency with expert know-how. Error messages can automatically be forwarded to Coperion to ensure fast remote diagnostics while software updates are said to be easy to run. A new addition to the system is to provide the operator with the ability to activate each Coperion system independently for remote service. Coperion says the new CSB 4.0 allows the
operator to not only capture and export relevant production data but also to evaluate it in real time. This is achieved through the smart OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) cockpit, which is available
on request and identifies and displays machine availability, capacity, and achieved product quality. Production disruptions due to recipe changes or maintenance tasks, for example, are logged and can be evaluated in the OEE cockpit’s Availability area. Using this data as a basis, the potential for system availability increases can be determined and realised, the company says. Machine perfor- mance is handled similarly. Using the OEE cockpit’s Performance feature, the operator can see when a machine has fully exhausted its capacity and at what point more potential is available. The Quality feature allows collected data on targeted product quality to be documented and evaluated. For production managers, the OEE cockpit is said to serve to monitor compounding systems and delivers a good overview of their overall efficiency.
Performance data Compounders are looking for data on their process to monitor the overall performance of their produc- tion lines and Industry 4.0 features can provide this, according to US-based machinery maker Entek. “Companies want the ability to generate metrics to show they are meeting their performance goals,” says Tammy Straw, Marketing and Business Devel- opment Manager at the machinery builder. “Compounders also want the ability to run continuous production of high outputs with minimal downtime,” she says. “In addition, for compounders running small- to mid-sized lots of materials because of frequent colour changes, for example, there is a need to clean out the extruder and change screw sets quickly. Improved process control can assist with this.” The HT72 twin-screw extruder was introduced
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