Industry 4.0
The 21st Century Smart Factory - Not a myth and far from Fiction!
With the development of the internet and massive processing power now commonly available the potential for huge advances in Industrial efficiency available through the routes of customisation and Just In Time (JIT) production through real-time customer connected sales ordering is now being exploited.
By utilising systems and management data to automate improvement actions a significant increase in productivity can be realised. The potential to log massive amounts of data on product and process gives great opportunity and challenge. Finesse can ensure a focused approach to ensure the correct data is available and appropriately analysed to give meaningful information and where appropriate automated response.
Finesse Control Systems have the experience to provide the consultancy to help identify what you could do to move your factory or process performance forward; we can assist in defining the potential gains and thus prioritising actions. Finesse have the technical expertise to define the necessary systems platform to underpin not just what you need today but what your aspiration is for the future of your plant.
We have many years of experience in applying PLC & SCADA technologies to integrate factory wide systems to facilitate Lean Manufacturing. Whether it be smart conveyor systems providing Just In Time (JIT) flow of product through the plant, automatic size changing machines using Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) principles to adjust to different product variants within the cycle time of the line or automatic quality control utilising Statistical Process Control (SPC) to monitor process machinery, tool-wear and the product all at once and automatically make continual corrective adjustments to keep the product quality well within tolerance, Finesse have the experience and understanding to develop the concept, advise on necessary instrumentation, mechanical hardware and implement the control solution.
Looking forward, one of the hot topics is ‘Industry 4.0’: The development of mass customisation by utilising real-time customer order preference data from an integrated online ordering system to affect production line actions, enabling the customer to specify a unique variant of the product and have it produced as quickly and efficiently as would previously have come from mass production of a standard product. Finesse with our experience of data handling, networked systems, product tractability and automatic conveyor routing combined with experience of automating machine size change have all the skill and experience building blocks to provide your one stop shop for development of your 21st Century - Industry 4.0 - Smart Factory Systems.
By utilising systems and management data to automate improvement actions a significant increase in productivity can be realised. The potential to log massive amounts of data on product and process gives great opportunity and challenge. Finesse can ensure a focused approach to ensure the correct data is available and appropriately analysed to give meaningful information and where appropriate automated response.
Finesse Control Systems have the experience to provide the consultancy to help identify what you could do to move your factory or process performance forward; we can assist in defining the potential gains and thus prioritising actions. Finesse have the technical expertise to define the necessary systems platform to underpin not just what you need today but what your aspiration is for the future of your plant.
We have many years of experience in applying PLC & SCADA technologies to integrate factory wide systems to facilitate Lean Manufacturing. Whether it be smart conveyor systems providing Just In Time (JIT) flow of product through the plant, automatic size changing machines using Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) principles to adjust to different product variants within the cycle time of the line or automatic quality control utilising Statistical Process Control (SPC) to monitor process machinery, tool-wear and the product all at once and automatically make continual corrective adjustments to keep the product quality well within tolerance, Finesse have the experience and understanding to develop the concept, advise on necessary instrumentation, mechanical hardware and implement the control solution.
Looking forward, one of the hot topics is ‘Industry 4.0’: The development of mass customisation by utilising real-time customer order preference data from an integrated online ordering system to affect production line actions, enabling the customer to specify a unique variant of the product and have it produced as quickly and efficiently as would previously have come from mass production of a standard product. Finesse with our experience of data handling, networked systems, product tractability and automatic conveyor routing combined with experience of automating machine size change have all the skill and experience building blocks to provide your one stop shop for development of your 21st Century - Industry 4.0 - Smart Factory Systems.
