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NETWORKING FROM OFFICE TO WORKPIECE With their innovative Welding 4.0 welding management system ewm Xnet, EWM AG brings the added value of Industry 4.0 to welding production. By digitally linking planning, controlling and production operations, the modular software opens up many new opportunities for companies of all sizes to enhance their efficiency. ewm Xnet makes welding businesses future-proof as they benefit three times over: through productivity gains, cost reductions and quality assurance. The new highlight of ewm Xnet is the component management: it expedites the entire value-added chain and offers maximum transparency. Together, the three ewm Xnet modules and the Xbutton function help to utilise savings potential, proactively prevent production errors and automate previously time-consuming documentation.
COMPONENT MANAGEMENT REDUCES NON-PRODUCTIVE TIME AND SAVES WORK Manage components, create welding sequence plans and assign WPS – the completely new and innovative component management system makes welding businesses more efficient, from planning to production. Furthermore, it quickly pays off thanks to cutting production costs, reducing non-productive time, minimising errors, producing clear WPS for every single run, guaranteeing quality and defining ideal welding parameters at all times. Another ewm Xnet advantage: more transparency. The welding coordinator can see all relevant production and quality data throughout the entire production process with no extra effort required. The new component management function is both clear and cost-effective: existing component drawings are imported from the CAD system to an office PC as 2D or 3D graphic files or created in ewm Xnet together with all information of relevance to the welder. This data is then transmitted electronically via LAN or WiFi to the welding machine, where all parameters are instantly available. Scheduled production can go ahead immediately without the need to read in plans and set up the machine – previously a time-consuming process. The welder only needs to confirm every completed run on the workpiece itself using the PM function torch; then they can start on the next run or seam, which will be clearly and graphically displayed on the PM function torch.
The welding coordination personnel can view welding data, welding sequence plans and WPS at the welding site for quality assurance purposes, simply by using a mobile device to scan a QR code displayed on the Expert XQ2 control. The relevant information is then shown on the smartphone or tablet.
PRACTICAL EFFICIENCY FOR BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES Industry 4.0 is a critical challenge for companies seeking to future-proof their business by networking man and machine in an intelligent, productivity-enhancing manner. Alongside the new component management system, the ewm Xnet Welding 4.0 welding management system adds significant value to welding- based production.
DATABASE TO INCREASE PROFITS
Even the starter set – the ewm Xnet base module – opens up unprecedented possibilities for streamlining production processes, raising their efficiency and meeting the increasingly common obligatory documentation requirements quickly and in compliance with the applicable standards. ewm Xnet records welding data in real time, manages the data and sends all consumption values straight to the office: from the welding current and welding consumables to gas and, of course, cost factor number one – effective arc time. In this way, unutilised potential is quickly and clearly identified. The graphic monitoring of ewm Xnet is specific, intuitive and plausible. The software also provides a useful database for precise recalculations and the preparation of quotations.
CLEAR WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSISTENT QUALITY
When devising and managing welding procedure specifications and allocating welders, WPQ-X Manager from ewm Xnet saves valuable work preparation time. The intuitively usable graphics editor displays all runs and seams quickly and precisely.
QUALIFICATIONS CHECK FOR COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS The Xbutton on the welding machine supports quality assurance for every weld seam in connection with ewm Xnet. On the one hand, it serves as an electronic key switch, preventing specific welding parameters from being changed without authorisation. On the other, the system ensures that only welders with the appropriate qualifications may carry out particular welding tasks.
WELDING WORLD MAGAZINE | ISSUE 04 | AUGUST 2018
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