I have worked for an equipment OEM for more than 20 years, and I have become a staunch proponent of networking the manufacturing environment such that we realize maximum efficiency from the same. That is not to say that I… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘engineering’
The Incredible Shrinking Lifecycle
Have you heard the phrase “we live in interesting times” uttered lately? I have—and more often than I’d like. Technology is moving so fast these days that it’s very difficult for most of us to stay with it. In our… Read More
Embracing Changes; Overall Equipment Effectiveness
A long time ago, during a Lean Manufacturing Training Session, I was taught that if you change something before measuring it, you won’t be able to tell whether or not the change actually improved it. The ideal situation is… Read More
After-Sale Service Contracts for Liquid Fillers
When Celsis In Vitro, a Baltimore based Biological products company, purchased their Monobloc Fill/Finish System, they knew that it was necessary to add on the Filamatic Service Contract. Dan Dryden, Director of Product Operations, believes in being proactive opposed to… Read More
Communicating with Your Liquid Filling Machine
Would it be helpful…to “see” the HMI from a remote location? If the machine automatically emailed or text-messaged service personnel? If your recipe files were automatically backed-up? If the machine automatically supplied your ERP system with real-time data? Knowledge is… Read More
Filamatic Designs Liquid Filler for Custom Winery
Crushpad, a state of the art winery located in California, allows everyone from wine enthusiasts to restaurants the opportunity to achieve their own winemaking aspirations. They assist with everything from the selection of vineyards and wine style to the design… Read More
Remove the Stack Lights – Continued
Why Aren’t More Machines “Aware” of Their Own Surroundings? Interconnecting machines and sharing data such that the entire production line is aware of the status of each of its dependents, only alerting personnel to exceptions requiring manual intervention improves the… Read More
Remove the Stack Lights
Here’s my challenge: Remove every stack light from every machine on your factory floor, make your machines smart enough and build your plant infrastructures such that those lights are unnecessary. Does that sound possible or feasible? Given the very… Read More