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Watson-Marlow launches augmented reality app for Bredel hose pump maintenance
maintenance time with clear step-by-step visual guidance. The easy-to-use app is the second in a series of AR apps from WMFTS developed for post-sales support so users can quickly identify the tools required for Bredel hose pump maintenance tasks or spare parts. The app has been considerately designed so users do not need
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previous experience of AR to easily access key information and understand pump maintenance procedures via animations on the app. The user’s understanding of the pump will improve by utilising this visual, digital technology. By laying AR visual instructions over a user’s own pump, the app helps a customer’s understanding of a task and saves time previously spent consulting printed product manuals.
IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Earlier this year, WMFTS launched its AR app for its Certa Sine pump. Both apps were developed in-house by WMFTS’ new Digital Transformation department. Head of WMFTS’ Digital Transformation department, Matthew Thomas, says: “This latest in a series of apps shows our commitment to using digital technologies to improve the customer experience, which is broader than simply using the products in operation.
atson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) has launched the Bredel hose pump augmented reality (AR) customer application, designed to reduce
“We continue to see value in how technologies like this can help with knowledge transfer, recognising a new generation of users with skills and preferences to consume information via different media. We continue our targeted investment in technology to enhance the customer experience in many areas of our business.” WMFTS AR Specialist and the Bredel App Developer, Isaac
Gillard, adds: “Young engineers have been raised using their smart phones, and now they can use their smart phones to perform pump maintenance with clear, visual guidance. Some of our customers will prefer to access maintenance assistance this way, rather than consulting a manual.”
LONG TERM COST BENEFITS WMFTS has a reputation for leading the way in customer support and helping create efficiency savings for pump users. Peristaltic pumps like Bredel hose pumps continue to deliver long term cost benefits. They are accurate, reliable and require minimal maintenance with nothing but the tube touching the fluid, which eliminates contamination risk. To access the Bredel hose pump AR app, users can install the free
Vuforia View app from PTC inc from the App Store or Google Play. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS)
manufactures niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions
www.wmfts.com
30 November 2022 Irish Manufacturing
www.irish-manufacturing.com
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