Jim Cole is a Production Manager with LeClaire Manufacturing and has been utilizing the CADDIS device for the past two years. Jim currently has CADDIS monitoring Permanent Mold, Sinto, CNC’s and Shot Blasting machines throughout his department. CADDIS has helped Jim increase overall productivity and better manage start times, cycle times, up-time and overall machine utilization.
Monitoring machines in aluminum casting foundry.
Holiday Machine Monitoring
/by Chris MooreWith the holidays upon us and staff schedules changing, it’s very important your production environment remains efficient. With the Caddis Machine Monitoring System, you have the ability to monitor one machine, one department or your entire operation from any device. Everyone needs a vacation to recharge and spend quality time with friends and family so spending time in front of any screen for extended periods of time kind of defeats the purpose of a vacation. Caddis gives you the ability to quickly view your machine up-time dashboard while relaxing on a warm beach or sitting in front of a toasty fire. Knowing that your machines are running will give you the reassurance you need to fully enjoy a much deserved vacation.
Holiday Up-time Monitoring
Measuring Machine Up-time by Measuring Conveyor Speed
/by Chris MooreMonitoring a machine’s up-time can be extremely valuable data when analyzing the overall utilization of your production environment. However, this can be extremely difficult when your machine is technically running all day but at different rates . CADDIS Systems recently encountered this hurdle while working with a packaging company in Wisconsin. Our customer is a leader in creating all types of packaging such as corrugated, honeycomb and other specialty packaging products. Our customer had a number of conveyors throughout their numerous facilities that ran from the beginning of the day until the end of the day without stopping. Our customer was interested in better understanding machine up- hashtag#conveyors hashtag#production time as well as the speed of the machine. By leveraging the analog input built into the Caddis device, we were able to transform the output signal from the existing VFD (variable frequency drive) driving the conveyor into a ft/min metric that could then be monitored to finally give this company the data they needed to increase their productivity and operations management. This is one example of how CADDIS Systems stands behind its message of being able to monitor Any Machine, Anytime, Anywhere and on Any Device.
CADDIS Case Study – Jim Cole – Production Manager
/by Chris MooreJim Cole is a Production Manager with LeClaire Manufacturing and has been utilizing the CADDIS device for the past two years. Jim currently has CADDIS monitoring Permanent Mold, Sinto, CNC’s and Shot Blasting machines throughout his department. CADDIS has helped Jim increase overall productivity and better manage start times, cycle times, up-time and overall machine utilization.
Monitoring machines in aluminum casting foundry.