PACKAGING FEAT ownership of valuablemachine assets and


By looki ng at the things thatmight fail, rewarding themf or their efforts.”


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there can b e a ri sk that key components – a tively,


replaced befo re th ey get to t he end of their mechanical and electrical –might be


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consider installing technology tools that d rsmay


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components and operations, to provide enable themachine tomonitor its own


accurate and useful information relating to


Omron’s conditionmonitoring function problems. Self-diagnostic tools, like product ion trends and component


blocks, are n i a mportant step towards


diagnostics facilities available today that Dan Ross ek says the re a re several self- Industry 4.0 and the Smart Factory.


can a ss ure higher availability and therefore i p


to effective condit ionmonitoring is hidden vibrationmonitors, etc. He said: “The key speed drives, temperature sensors and m roved OEE. These include variable


vertical integration of all the components u e, en b ingla


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of the s sy tembyme na s of field networks like EtherCat or IO Link, which allows seamle ss data transfer between all the field devices and fast and effective realisation when a problemoccur .”s


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connectmachines The company also


uses cabling systems to to Om ron function


blocks. These function blocksmake it simple tomonitor the condition of devices such as pneumatic cylinders, sensors and servo drives/motors that can cause intermittentmachine stoppages. “It’s a v ery accessib le and visual w ay tomonitor machine issues andm ake a rapid diagnosis,” a dded J TheMorrisonsm


anufactur ing site uses ahn.


similar visu al aids to identify downtime and efficiency data, which will ultimately be grabb ed from the control system. Hann said: “The benefit ofmachi ne d ata is ’s a pure, clean and ated.Maki ng i t a true


cannot bemanipul there’s no bias - it


real time report of what is happening on


Brillo pak uses tools like this to create simple, intuitivemaintenance HMIs that pinpoint exactly where on the line a fault has occurred. Jahn said: “To optimise OEE, the essence. Standard ck systems, rather than


codes, the HMI del on our pi ck and pa spe ed is always of


message directing


operatives to the exact ivers a simile error


place so they can reso vl e it wti hout havi gn to go throughmultiple steps or calling an engineer over. Itmight, for example, be a simp le thing like a door not being locked.”


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your production line.We take t he data, act on it and run the report again. This is central to continuous improvement.” Data


financial loss to the bu like this is also used to


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which productionmanagers can use to drive improvements in Ross ek added: “With tools such as these, end


increas ed capabilities, but without the complexity o incurring significant programming effort. Itmeans that sophisticated functionality such as advanced self-diagnostics can be


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implemented as standard as part of the machine design process, helping to deliver a re la OEE na d sa set care adva tage.n


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