MONITORING | TECHNOLOGY
Machinery suppliers have launched technologies for improved monitoring and control at different stages of the plastics recycling process. By Mikell Knights
Visualising solutions
Machinery and equipment producers for various aspects of waste plastics processing have new ways for better monitoring of recycling technology from sorting through to extrusion and after. The data from improved monitoring can then be used for making informed decisions about interventions by line operators. Steinert has developed a new real-time data
visualisation and monitoring mobile app for its sensor-based sorting machines that provides users with insight into the availability and output of individual machines, and the condition of their applications or sorting facility. The
Steinert.view mobile app gives users an overview of key perfor- mance and output data, providing access to detailed machine data at any time and from any location. Working in close collaboration with customers and with extensive testing, Steinert says the app is designed for a novice machinery operator to understand and use, while for the advanced operator it can visualise complex process technolo- gies and offers filtering functions that can be used to identify areas where problems are arising or where an efficiency may lie untapped. The app offers access to a multitude of metrics
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for users to structure a large number of processes and can assist with improvements to sorting performance or to work more cost-effectively. Problems can be proactively countered by making changes to a metric. Service staff for example can be alerted as to the work they can expect to be doing before arriving at the machine. The mobile access can get other staff for the project assembled and started without delays, which can reduce downtimes and improve speed. Users can compare nominal and actual values in
graph form to determine where an action in an operation needs to be taken. In this way, the data can be used to visualise the effectiveness of the measures, allowing the user to dial-in the machine’s optimum operational point. The
Steinert.view app can provide insight into other aspects of the operation that may bring more transparency across the entire system, to improving operating output and optimisation of resources. For example, changing the material composition can allow conclusions to be drawn about the efficiency of an upstream screen or the quality of a batch of material.
Steinert.view is an IoT platform that employs international standards, secured data transmission and encryption.
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Steinert.view mobile app gives users an overview of key perfor- mance and output data from Steinert sorting
equipment
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IMAGE: STEINERT
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