For many companies, monitoring machines can be limited to simply tracking planned and unplanned downtime for maintenance operations. The real-time capture of downtime data can produce valuable trends to help …
Here are some SFA pieces of product news and MFG Day coverage. Manufacturing Tomorrow especially shared a few of our pieces. For product news, we thank Manufacturing Tomorrow for covering …
In this Legacy Blog, Shop Floor Automations thanks these digital publications for sharing our recent news about DNC software, machine monitoring, hardware, and more: Manufacturing Tomorrow posted a piece we wrote …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The following is an archived copy of our Shop Floor Automations newsletter from November 2017 focusing on lights-out manufacturing: 2018 is coming up fast. What are your main concerns with …
As a manufacturer, you have a lot of daily concerns, such as downtime and productivity. Is your manufacturing ROI an issue that is falling to the wayside? With a new year …
Manufacturing costs are a pain. MFG costs and budget comes into play whenever productivity improvements are considered. Costs are sadly not predictable. There are four variables of expenses when running …
People try out new technologies each day. The manufacturing industry is no exception. They buy new phones, lease new cars, upgrade the software on their phones and computers, or add …
OEE, IIoT & The Cloud “By 2020, a corporate ‘no-Cloud’ policy will be as rare as a ‘no-internet’ policy is today.” This is a bold claim from Gartner, a respected …
Evaluation of cloud-based machine monitoring If you use cloud-based machine monitoring or have been thinking about it due to the affordable cost of it, there is likely one big question on your …
