How to Calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness: A Practical Guide
WEBAug 2, 2013 · As a result the line yielded 150 minutes of perfect running at quality and at rate. Theoretically we could make 480 x 60 = 28,800 bottles. At the end there were 9,000 bottles that were saleable, so the Overall Equipment Effectiveness was 31.25%. 9,000 ÷28,800 = 31.25% OEE. Availability (62.5%) x Performance (66.7%) …
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Manufacturing Trends and Technologies in the Automotive Industry
WEBAug. 5, 2021. The automotive industry is meeting the challenge to design and manufacture the next generation of EVs by embracing emerging technologies to make radical changes to its manufacturing processes. Dick Slansky. Dick Slansky, Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory Group. Automakers began to reinvent themselves as digital companies a few years ...
Aveva Outlines Its Technology Plans | Automation World
WEBDec 7, 2022 · Aveva Outlines Its Technology Plans. The first step in fulfilling Aveva's vision for an end-to-end, artificial intelligence-infused software for engineering and operations accessible via one pane of glass involves a new HMI/SCADA release in 2023. Aveva's Rob McGreevy explaining the company's technology vision at Aveva World San Francisco 2022.
Modbus TCP/IP Keeps it Simple | Automation World
WEBNov 28, 2023 · This simplicity is rooted in how Modbus TCP/IP (often shortened to Modbus TCP) is designed. At its core is the widely used the Modbus messaging structure developed by Modicon in 1979 for establishing client-server communications among intelligent devices. “Modbus TCP is easy to implement because it is based on …
Making Sense of Industrial Controller Options - Automation World
WEBMar 22, 2022 · Making Sense of Industrial Controller Options. March 22, 2022. System integrators share their tips on the differences between PLCs, PACs, and Industrial PCs, including their best use cases and how to choose the right one for your environment. Lauren Gibbons Paul. Allen-Bradley Micro820 programmable logic controllers.
How Artificial Intelligence Works in Quality Control
WEBOct 13, 2020 · Few areas of industrial technology today remain untouched by artificial intelligence (AI). From controllers to ERP to food safety and robots, AI is changing the technologies we use to run manufacturing and processing facilities in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. One application with a big potential to benefit from AI is quality control.
Is the Future of Automation Modular? | Automation World
WEBJuly 29, 2021. As standards orgs and suppliers drive the modular automation concept forward, the future of automation looks toward the re-imagining of complex processes and automation infrastructures into subsets of easily configurable building blocks. David Greenfield, editor in chief. This illustration depicts how Module Type Packages break ...
SMC Corporation of America - Automation World
WEBMay 15, 2013 · SMC promotes advanced automation through automated control technology. SMC offers technology in pneumatic components such as actuators; cylinders; directional control valves; airline preparation equipment; chillers and dryers; vacuum components; static elimination products; fittings and tubing; electric actuators; grippers; pressure switches high purity chemical valves and fittings as well as ...
The Differences Between Local and Remote I/O - Automation World
WEBMar 8, 2022 · The Differences Between Local and Remote I/O. March 8, 2022. Understanding how local and remote I/O modules work can benefit your operations through improved safety, less wiring, and standardization for spare parts and engineering drawings. David Greenfield, editor in chief. Mitsubishi Electric MelSec remote I/O …