Use Cases

In this page, we continuously showcase brief and concise use cases from our customers, presenting customized and industry-specific solutions that we have successfully implemented with our MES products.

Live Monitoring from Home

Stamping and Bending Machine in the Ghost Shift

The Challenge: Creating transparency during the ghost shift and avoiding unnecessary trips to the production facility.

Stamping and Bending Machine in the Ghost Shift

Live Monitoring from Home

The Challenge:

Creating transparency during the ghost shift and avoiding unnecessary trips to the production facility.

The Solution:

Before the shift ends, employees set up a fresh coil on the stamping and bending machine. From home, they can monitor production live via the FASTEC 4 PRO app. The MES detects machine malfunctions and displays the cause of the issue in the app. On-call employees can then decide remotely whether a trip to the facility is necessary for troubleshooting.

The Benefits:

The app enables live monitoring from home during the ghost shift.
Unnecessary trips to the facility are avoided—employees have all the information needed to assess whether they can resolve the issue remotely.

Outlook:

Employees can receive push notifications via the FASTEC 4 PRO app to be automatically alerted about production disruptions during the ghost shift.

Accurate Data Acquisition for the Right Order

Rotary Tables in Machining Centers

The Challenge: Ensuring correct order registration when processing switches automatically.

Rotary Tables in Machining Centers

Accurate Data Acquisition for the Right Order

The Challenge:

Ensuring correct order registration when processing switches automatically.

The Solution:

Before production starts, employees assign orders to specific sides of the rotary table in MES FASTEC 4 PRO. When machining begins, the system receives a signal from the machine indicating which side is being processed. FASTEC 4 PRO then automatically registers the order and records order-related data.

The Benefits:

Automatic order switching via a machine signal.
Precise data acquisition linked to the correct order.
Reduced workload for employees thanks to automatic order registration at the machine.

Outlook:

This order-based data collection can also be applied when integrating a pallet changer. Orders are assigned to different pallets, and MES FASTEC 4 PRO registers orders automatically based on machine signals.

Consistent Product Quality through Preventive Maintenance

Mold Tracking at a Chocolate Manufacturer

The Challenge: Heat and cold during chocolate production affect the durability of the plastic molds used. By replacing mold sets in time, poor product quality can be avoided.

Mold Tracking at a Chocolate Manufacturer

Consistent Product Quality through Preventive Maintenance

The Challenge:

Heat and cold during chocolate production affect the durability of the plastic molds used. By replacing mold sets in time, poor product quality can be avoided.

The Solution:

Using MES FASTEC 4 PRO and RFID chips embedded in the molds, the manufacturer tracks how often each mold set passes through the washing system in production. After a predefined number of cycles, the system automatically prompts operators to replace the mold set.

The Benefits:

Production staff replace mold sets in time, ensuring consistent product quality.
Scrap and material waste are reduced.

Outlook:

Washing temperature also impacts mold lifespan. By collecting process data, the manufacturer can determine how many times a mold set can be washed at a given temperature. Based on this, lifespan predictions can be made.

Prevent Overproduction and Save Material

Bidirectional Exchange between MES and Machine

The Challenge: Completing orders at the right time.

Bidirectional Exchange between MES and Machine

Prevent Overproduction and Save Material

The Challenge:

leting orders at the right time.

The Solution:

The bidirectional exchange between MES FASTEC 4 PRO and the machine via the OPC UA server enables the transfer of information. The system directly transmits order data, such as the target quantity, to the machine. Once this quantity is reached, the machine automatically stops and locks, preventing overproduction.

The Benefits:

Orders and inventory can be better planned.
Companies calculate material usage based on order requirements and avoid waste.

Outlook:

A scaled-down version of data transmission is also possible, allowing for operator guidance without direct intervention in the machine control system. In this case, target values are displayed on the HMI, and alerts notify employees accordingly.

High-Quality Data Through Justified Downtime

Bidirectional Control of Machine Tools

The Challenge: Ensuring that interruptions in production are reliably justified..

Bidirectional Control of Machine Tools

High-Quality Data Through Justified Downtime

The Challenge:

Ensuring that interruptions in production are reliably justified.

The Solution:

When a machine experiences a malfunction, the MES FASTEC 4 PRO automatically sends a signal via the OPC UA server to the control system to block production. Employees are alerted via an alarm and prompted to justify the disruption. After confirmation, the MES releases the machine, and production continues.

The Benefits:

Employees justify every interruption in the production process.
The company improves data quality, enabling process optimization.

Outlook:

Process interlocking can also be applied in traceability, for example, when an incorrect material batch is registered. Product specifications define quality thresholds, and if these limits are exceeded, production automatically stops.

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Use Cases

Live Monitoring from Home

Live Monitoring from Home

Accurate Data Acquisition for the Right Order

Accurate Data Acquisition for the Right Order

Consistent Product Quality through Preventive Maintenance

Consistent Product Quality through Preventive Maintenance

Prevent Overproduction and Save Material

Prevent Overproduction and Save Material

High-Quality Data Through Justified Downtime

High-Quality Data Through Justified Downtime

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Use Cases

Live Monitoring from Home

Live Monitoring from Home

Accurate Data Acquisition for the Right Order

Accurate Data Acquisition for the Right Order

Consistent Product Quality through Preventive Maintenance

Consistent Product Quality through Preventive Maintenance

Prevent Overproduction and Save Material

Prevent Overproduction and Save Material

High-Quality Data Through Justified Downtime

High-Quality Data Through Justified Downtime

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