Production Tracking Software Enables Smart Factory Functionalities

Wintriss Controls Group is demonstrating advanced features in its ShopFloorConnect overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and production tracking software. Through its latest functionalities, ShopFloorConnect is made scalable and robust, giving manufacturers easy-to-use software for increased efficiency and reduced downtime, including when remote monitoring is required. According to Wintriss, the software can significantly increase manufacturing capacity and profitability by identifying and quantifying excessive production losses and bottlenecks. ShopFloorConnect provides OEE calculations that accurately report OEE, providing machine downtime and manufacturing efficiency reports.

Wintriss is sharing its new ShopFloorTracker hardware solution which complements ShopFloorConnect. The cost-effective device is designed to simplify and maximize data collection, while minimizing operator involvement. For capturing and tracking process parameters, customers can choose from several pre-programmed digital inputs such as run/idle and counting, and analog inputs including temperature, pressure, flow, voltage and electrical current. Temperature and pressure data is especially helpful for monitoring injection molding operations. Inputs are viewable in different formats, depending on operator preference. For manufacturers that are using the Wintriss SMI 2 machine monitoring hardware interface, ShopFloorTracker is designed as a companion device, enabling even more machines to be tracked at a lower cost.

For example, an injection molding department using ShopFlooorConnect with the SMI 2 monitoring uptime, downtime and OEE can now add a ShopFloorTracker device to each machine with a temperature sensor connected to one analog input, and a pressure sensor connected to the other analog input.

ShopFloorTracker is WiFi-enabled and pre-programmed to be easily integrated into existing and new ShopFloorConnect installations.