For years, machine manufacturers have been installing hundreds – and in complex systems even thousands – of sensors and measuring devices to detect faults. The existing PLC reacts in real time to detected problems and stops the machine before serious damage occurs. These downtimes are unplanned and lead to efficiency losses that must be avoided.

IndustryView SF takes over all detailed information from the coupled PLC in real time and passes it on to the digital twin of the machine, which records all events and automatically provides analyses for the optimization team.

Relationships, frequency of errors and an accurate cause-and-effect picture emerge, and the optimization team implements measures to reduce downtime.

The results speak for themselves: Many customers achieve efficiency gains of more than 20%.

Identifying and resolving machine malfunctions is not always straightforward. With the IndustryView SF digital retrofit, the machine assists the operator in troubleshooting. The software provides a designer tool that allows you to tailor the assistance scenarios precisely to your needs.

The effect is that troubleshooting on the machine becomes significantly easier and faster.

The real-time availability of information from machines, systems, and peripherals across the entire company is a fundamental goal of the Smart Factory. IndustryView SF transports the data to the right place at the right time. For example, to detect early signs of damage to a machine component.

IndustryView SF visualizes real-time machine data into existing 3D models of machine components.

The result: early detection of impending damage and avoidance of extended downtime.

Digital twins of your machines and systems identify required maintenance based on data from the coupled PLC and peripheral systems.

In most cases, load-oriented maintenance makes sense. However, most machines don't implement this requirement. Often, the necessary data on the processed material or the tools used is missing. IndustryView SF has this data and networks it company-wide, including with the machine itself.

The result is that the machine - or its digital twin - dynamically generates the maintenance task and forwards it directly to the maintenance technician.

Does your toolmaking department recognize the connection between product quality and tool wear at a glance? IndustryView SF brings the necessary information from CAQ, machine and tool safety directly to the workstation of your tool maintenance department.

Increased wear of active parts in tools is detected much earlier. The probability that a tool will complete the entire job undamaged increases significantly.

IndustryView SF's open architecture makes it possible to extend the application with custom apps. Users in the stamping and forming technology industry are taking advantage of this. Previously, work performed on tools was recorded in Excel spreadsheets. The drawback of this was that changes to the machine were not visible.

With the switch to a tool history app in IndustryView SF, all work performed on a tool is immediately visible directly on the machine.