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Diving Deeper Into Machine Monitoring Data

Modern Machine Shop

Thrailkill took over in 2008, when his grandfather retired. ” Machine monitoring is also an important step on the company’s mission to become the most automated job shop in the world within the next 10 years. ” Carrots and Sticks Alora enabled AMF to calculate overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for the first time.

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Building on analytics foundations to improve operations

Control Engineering

Technology innovations in the industrial automation arena have and will continue to create competitive advantages for manufacturers by enabling the accurate and understandable data acquisition that is key to driving manufacturing efficiency. DF1 serial by Rockwell Automation. . Modbus by Modicon (now Schneider Electric). .