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Automate 2023 Day Three: Sensors gaining insights under the surface

Control Engineering

It looks for defects and we train the model this way,” she said, adding later this process can help manufacturers reduce costs. With overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), most manufacturers are trying to keep costs down.

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More answers on bridging the gap from edge to cloud MES to make automation more effective

Control Engineering

A simple production monitoring implementation that would provide overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and downtime can be implemented in as little as two weeks up to eight weeks or more. Andersen: Please see: “ Modern edge computing accelerates smart manufacturing initiatives for discrete manufacturers.”

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IMTS: Machine tool hardware, software, efficiency, integration tools

Control Engineering

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE): Analyze MyPerformance/OEE allows the important indicators to be identified for the improvement of machine or work cell utilization to eliminate production bottlenecks. Utilization of production capacities can be improved by analyzing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).