Machine Monitoring

Legacy Blogs – Edition XIII

February 20, 2018

Document control. Gcode editing. OEE calculation. Documentation of any variety is important to us at Shop Floor Automations, and not just for our customers. We welcome you back to our …

SFA Newsletter – February 2018

February 20, 2018

The following is an archived copy of the Shop Floor Automations newsletter from February 2018. Aerospace manufacturing plays a big role here. If you manufacture aerospace parts, there are two …

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Need for Machine Monitoring Expanding

January 24, 2018

Machine condition monitoring is becoming a huge need on the shop floor. But don’t just take our word for it! Machine monitoring is expected to expand to a $3.4 Billion …

MTConnect vs OPC UA

January 16, 2018

In the January issue of Modern Machine Shop, Josh Davids of DataXchange discusses the difference between two different, popular protocols. MTConnect and OPC UA are compared. “Although OPC UA and …

SFA Legacy Blog – Edition XII

January 15, 2018

A big focus of Shop Floor Automations is to help customers access crucial, real-time data. We also value historical data for manufacturing productivity. Here is another edition of our Legacy Blog …

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Modern Machine Shop – January 2018

January 5, 2018

Our customers at R & D Manco were on the January 2018 cover story for Modern Machine Shop. Shop Floor Automations, the company’s machine monitoring provider, shares the story. “Machine …

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Machinists Are Not The Problem

December 26, 2017

When working production on a manufacturing shop floor, productivity issues happen. Nothing is perfect – this includes your employees and equipment. Some leaders may automatically assume that machinists are to …

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Software for Less MFG Stress in 2018

December 22, 2017

Unplanned downtime and the impact on production are common aggravation factors in manufacturing jobs. New manufacturing software on your shop floor in 2018 could help with this stress. Machines go …

Shop Floor Automations Newsletter – NOV/DEC 2017

December 15, 2017

The following is an archived copy of the Shop Floor Automations Newsletter – the NOV/DEC 2017 issue. Machine Monitoring Webinar in January Do you want to improve your shop floor efficiencies? …