Machine Monitoring

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Unconventional Machine Monitoring

December 28, 2016

Unconventional Machine Monitoring from SFA We love it when we get to surprise people who work for manufacturing shop floors, machine shops and job shops with what exactly our solutions …

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Top 5 Shop Floor Product Updates in 2016

December 12, 2016

Top 5 Shop Floor Product Updates from 2016 The year quickly coming to a close. We wanted to take the time to share some updates to shop floor software and …

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Become a Cloud technology MFG Adapter

December 2, 2016

Become a Cloud technology MFG Adapter The manufacturing industry is slowly becoming a younger job field. The Manufacturing Institute states that 3.5 Million manufacturing jobs will become available within the …

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Data Driven Decision Making in Manufacturing

November 29, 2016

Data Driven Decision Making for Manufacturing Manufacturing is all about numbers and measurements. Without both of those factors, a manufactured piece would not come out correctly and quotas would not …

A screenshot of the timeline dashboard in Predator MDC machine monitoring software, showing everything a machine did during three separate shifts.

Wondering what happened during your shift?

October 25, 2016

Production Data with Predator MDC Break down what happened during production into visuals. There has been a cool new Predator MDC v11 Timeline View update you need to see. If …

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Scytec DataXchange Updates

August 25, 2016

August 2016 Scytec DataXchange Updates There are some great changes on the horizon for DataXchange from Scytec. Shop Floor Automations, an authorized reseller of the program, would like to take …

Machine Monitoring

Machine Monitoring is a Must

August 22, 2016

Machine Monitoring is a Must You can see your machine manufacture something in real time. What about monitoring the data of what your machines are doing in real time? It’s …

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Are You Improving Operations With Data Collection?

February 11, 2016

Improve Lean Production Operations With Data Collection “Cloud” applications can be found virtually everywhere today, and for good reason. Join us on April 14th at 12:00 p.m. PST to learn how …

How to Increase Machining Efficiency

February 9, 2016

Are Your Machines Really Cutting? A manufacturer that is distinctive for its attention to in-cycle machining productivity describes its efforts to obtain efficiency improvements outside of the machining cycle. The …

Smarter Shop Floor With Cloud-Based Monitoring

June 23, 2015

Cloud-Based Monitoring Project Introduction: Tech Manufacturing, a long-time manufacturer of machined metal parts for aerospace clients such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Bombardier, needed to raise production capacity and reduce …