Data mining is one of the hottest buzzwords in marketing
right now, online or otherwise. The abundance of information about user
behaviors and trends (and people’s willingness to share that information) has
led to a wealth of available demographic statistics, and an entire industry
built around it to make sense of it. A similar change is happening in
manufacturing. The ease and availability of installing monitoring equipment,
recorders, and data loggers is providing manufacturers with a wealth of
behavior and trend information, only this is about their equipment and
products, not people. This information is, however, just as useful, if not more
so.
The end goal of any equipment monitoring setup is assessing
OEE: overall equipment effectiveness. This covers several factors. Is the
equipment operating energy-efficiently? Is the quality up to par? Is it working
as fast as it can while meeting all necessary parameters? Through a combination
of real-time monitoring and the emergence of trends over time, operators can
confidently answer those questions and more, leading to several potential
process improvements. Those include:
Increased efficiency.
Less downtime, greater speeds, and optimal usage of equipment can all be
achieved through monitoring and analysis.
Reduced energy use.
Statistics let you gauge how best to run your machines.
Traceability.
While we’re talking about buzzwords, let’s make sure “traceability” is
included. In the quest for ever-better quality control, traceability is a key
factor, and detailed records and logs provide the necessary documentation for
your customer.
Devar is pleased to provide instruments that can aid in each
of these improvements, and more.
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