Flexamek

The need of Flexamek is to automate data collection in the production department.

Interconnect for Industry 4.0 Plan with comprehensive, easy-to-use and scalable software solution

The challenge

Flexamek is a company that deals with providing customized precision mechanics products at the request of the customer.

It is a company that is very active in finding innovative solutions to satisfy its customers with high quality products.

Flexamek's need is to automate data collection in the production department by interconnecting the Mazak machinery, which will then undergo expertise to benefit from the tax incentives offered by the State Plan Industry 4.0, to the company database to know the status of the machinery, the active program and the positioning of the axes.

TOOLS for SMART MINDS is required for the agile data exchange part, such as collection, instant analysis of data from the machinery, automatic transfer from the machinery to the company database.

The Solution

T4SM was able to meet Flexamek's needs in a short time with the proposal of a scalable, complete and customized solution. 

Industry 4.0: diagram of machinery interconnection for Flexamek

Softwares developed for Industry 4.0 and tested for a long time at T4SM are installed at the company and they make the work of the whole company more efficient.

All the proposed solutions, developed for Industry 4.0 and long tested in T4SM, make the work of the entire company more efficient.

iDaq automatically receives, analyzes and transfers data from the machinery to the company database in a few seconds.

Thanks to its high-performance functions of constant data traceability and advanced diagnostics, all the operating parameters available from the machinery are controlled and processed in real-time and, in case an anomaly is detected, users are informed of the situation in order to promptly intervene on the problem and solve it. This allows the company to choose the best working strategy to increase the performance of its production.

Digital Factory 4.0 allows simple and intuitive visualization of the production plant in real-time. With the intelligent versatility offered by the platform, Flexamek achieves even faster communication between machinery and the company database.

Production Controller Lite allows to easily manage the workflow of the entire company: with a single solution, it is possible to create new batches and visualize the progress of the started batches on the operator panel of the machine.

Benefits and Results

By implementing T4SM solutions, all objectives were met allowing Flexamek to achieve significant benefits:

• Tracking every data of the production process with a click allows to have a complete and instant visualization of all the desired information, having the guarantee to have them always available even in time.
• Working becomes even easier thanks to easy and intuitive interfaces, making users productive immediately.
• Human error reduction and paper forms elimination with the digitization of process data, which allows immediate consultation of the acquired and analyzed information to all personnel, improving production efficiency at all levels.
• Nimbly interconnect other machinery thanks to the modularity and scalability of the solution.
• State incentives of the Impresa 4.0 Plan: all the requirements of the legislature have been met in order to access the tax benefits.

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"In T4SM we found the professionalism and experience we were looking for. Their availability allowed us to reach our goal in a short time and now we have a constantly updated situation of the production process."

 

Paolo Bonicalzi

Partner

Flexamek

 

Goals

• Machinery Interconnection
• Automation of data collection
• Automation of the sending of recipes to the machines at the start of the job order
• Downtime tracking
• Traceability of production
• Compliance with legal requirements for the Italian National Industry 4.0 Plan

 

 

 

Solution

Based on a system consisting of highly modular software solutions for Industry 4.0 that allow interconnection with the company's MES. Thanks to Part Program Manager it is possible to manage all the processing configurations differentiated by machine and by article.

In addition, Production Controller Lite has been implemented for easy management of the flow of orders.

 

Resourses

• iDaq
• Fabbrica Digitale  4.0
• Production Controller Lite

 

 

 

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