TECHNOLOGY | DIGITAL PRODUCTION
and processing analytics to digitally transform moulding operations by providing continuous real-time monitoring, measurement, tracking and analysis of data from all equipment in a manufac- turing cell or factory floor. It delivers data into OEE, Six Sigma and Total Quality Management pro- grams, and can integrate with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software or Manufacturing Execu- tion Systems (MES). Shibaura Machine established a Digital Services division at its North American headquarters in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, where the platform was developed, to support the technology offering. The standalone system connects to each piece
of equipment with proprietary Application Pro- gramming Interface (API) software. Data scientists at Shibaura analyse the data stream from a compo- nent to identify the language it uses to communi- cate. “If the device you wish to connect communi- cates in Modbus, our data scientists confirm the data stream and language. The user decides the data points that are important to collect,” says Gorman. Temperature information, drying informa- tion, robot information, and machine information can all be put on the dashboard. Its MachineNetCloud operates on a two-tiered security platform using two Amphion S14 hardware modules from EI3
. Amphion Red is a high-perfor-
mance plug-and-play data aggregation device that captures all data coming from a machine or manufacturing cell. The module has a firewall built in to protect the data it collects and the capacity to store up to eight months of data in case internet access is disrupted. The second line of security is for the plant itself. An Amphion Green module securely encrypts and consolidates all data from an Amphion Red module before it is transmitted to a private MachineNetCloud data storage centre server via the internet. Registered and authenticated users can access the application modules through a secure web connection, viewing their data on a dashboard displayed through a customer portal. “A cloud-based system eliminates the need for additional IT equipment in the plant, so no worries about servers or patching or maintenance, or the need for an IT coder on staff,”
Left: Shibaura Machine has created an app that allows the user to view equipment uptime, OEE performance and KPIs such as process and quality data points
Above: Using Shibaura MachineNetCloud helps resolve issues remotely, but if a technician is required to visit after the initial diagnosis, they can be dispatched with the required parts
says Michael Werner, IIoT Customer Success Manager at the Digital Services Division. The IIoT platform is offered in three different
tiers of service. One of the platform’s most signifi- cant base features is its remote access capability, says Werner. The ISO 27001 certified private cloud upon which the platform is hosted allows support technicians and approved users to safely and securely connect to equipment from any location. Authorised users can diagnose issues from the primary machinery or third-party equipment and make repairs while off site. If a technician is required to visit after the initial diagnosis, they can be dispatched with the required parts. There is also a mobile app that ties into the cloud platform that allows the user to view equip- ment uptime, OEE performance and Key Perfor- mance Indicators (KPI) such as process and quality data points. Users can optimise machine operation based on long term trends, optimising production schedules and maintenance planning remotely. Two other features included with each perfor- mance tier is machine monitoring which provides a dashboard overview of OEE and KPIs, and produc- tion monitoring which allows for the generation of custom alerts for selected production steps based on captured machinery data compared against user selected upper and lower limits. Other tiers of MachineNetCloud offer downtime
tracking for the machine and any component, automatically capturing alarms from the machine control and assigning the appropriate reason for further analysis. An operator can add downtime reason codes for events that are not possible to be
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