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Machine Uptime and Availability for Manufacturing

ATS

High levels of machine uptime indicate high productivity and efficiency. Just because a machine or line is available, it doesn’t mean that it’s running or “up.” This blog was written to help manufacturers identify opportunities to improve machinery uptime. What is machine uptime?

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Machine Data Collection in Manufacturing

ATS

Share Predictive maintenance minimizes machine downtime while extending life and reducing costs but requires data about their health and activity. This blog is about the machine data collection process. It discusses the types of machine data acquired, how a system operates and how it can be used. What is machine data?

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How Does Digital Transformation Enable Sustainability?

Cisco Manufacturing

Yamazaki Mazak is a leading machine tool manufacturer and business pioneer, with over 100 years of experience. Mazak is adopting the Smart Factory in their operations and embedding Cisco industrial IoT devices in the machine tools they sell to their manufacturing customers. Cisco Manufacturing Blog. Cisco Manufacturing Blog.

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Machine Downtime in Manufacturing

ATS

This blog explores the topic of machine downtime and gives readers some tools for finding and addressing the root causes. What is machine downtime? Machine downtime gives supervisors and managers fits because it reduces available capacity. It leaves workers and other machines standing idle, and it delays orders.

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What is High-Tech Manufacturing?

ATS

This blog answers the question, “What is high-tech manufacturing?” The huge investments in automated manufacturing need high volumes to pay back, so utilization measures such as OEE become crucial. In addition, the scale of capital investment needed requires high volumes and, therefore, high equipment utilization.

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Using Sensors & IoT for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

ATS

Availability of production machinery and ancillary services such as HVAC and utilities are critical to controlling costs, but stringent regulatory requirements constrain how work is done. Each shaft and bearing has a characteristic vibration signature that can be used to monitor machine health.

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Part Monitoring & Maintenance for Aircraft Manufacturing

ATS

This blog reviews the maintenance challenges in aircraft part manufacturing. Maintaining aerospace parts manufacturing equipment With the critical role part quality plays in aerospace safety, machine maintenance has always been a high priority in plane part manufacturing. This is where measurement comes in.