MACHINE MONITORING SOLUTIONS

Marposs has announced the availability of its data management software — C-THRU4.0 — designed to collect and process data from metal forming equipment such as stamping presses and coldforming machines equipped with Marposs Brankamp devices or T1 terminals. It enables a direct connection between a production-level process monitoring system or T1 terminal and production control with an overarching ERP system to deliver the machine, operating, order, maintenance, quality, and process data in real time to all departments of the company. The data collected can be used to reduce set-up and downtimes, optimize cycle times, increase machine utilization, and document and evaluate process data, all leading to enhanced productivity and profitability.

The direct interconnection with process monitoring provides production planning with well-founded and detailed information that is not available to conventional production control systems. This interconnection supports automazation of workflows, automated report generation, identification of stop reasons, minimization of set-up times, and optimal planning of intervals for orders or maintenance. Production costs and quality are always transparent and traceable through the statistical recording and evaluation of performance indicators.

“Prior to this software we had to review data manually,” said Dinesh Shokeen, Product Specialist, Marposs Brankamp. “With C-THRU4.0, the machine monitoring information is available in real-time through the company network, providing a transparent connection between machine, process, and production.”

To initiate C-THRU4.0, data collected from the monitoring processes is coordinated with the customer’s cost and resource information to provide a dashboard that meets the customer’s needs. Any changes coming in from the customer side can be fed back to the forming machine. This interconnectivity and data flow support the move toward the Industrial Internet of Things (iIoT) and Industry 4.0.

Marposs offers a wide selection of real-time, in-process monitoring solutions that optimize standard, as well as very complex, production processes of metal forming machine tools. Marposs India Pvt Ltd www.marposs.com

Hall & Stall: 3A/C-114
www.marposs.com
Hall & Stall: 3A/C-1