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Manufacturing Made Smarter: How Advantech’s Machine Data Acquisition Solutions Take Manufacturing to the Next Level

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • Asia
Country
  • Thailand
Product
  • Advantech’s iFactory SRPs
  • ESRP-PCS-UNO2271
  • SRP-FPV220
Tech Stack
  • WebAccess/HMI
  • Modbus TCP module
  • HTML5
  • SQL
  • RESTful SignalR
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
Technology Category
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Electronics
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Quality Assurance
Use Cases
  • Machine Condition Monitoring
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Process Control & Optimization
Services
  • System Integration
  • Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
The customer is a leading manufacturer of home appliances based in Thailand. They provide a wide range of products including air conditioners, filters, heating, and ventilation systems. The manufacturer operates complex production lines to produce these diverse products. In order to maintain a competitive edge in the global marketplace, the manufacturer is focused on working smarter, not just harder. This involves effectively monitoring a wide variety of complex production lines and making constant improvements through data analysis of machine operations.
The Challenge
The home appliance manufacturer in Thailand was facing challenges in tracking productivity and key parameters of the process. In modern manufacturing, production lines for different types of products share certain fundamental commonalities. By actively managing production line assets, manufacturers can ensure that production is optimized. However, the data provided by various production line assets is sometimes contradictory or unclear due to the sensors, meters, or PLC controllers being limited in connectivity or because different devices from different vendors may each have their own proprietary protocols.
The Solution
Advantech provided the manufacturer with its iFactory solution ready packages (SRPs) that combine key hardware and software into a single package. The ESRP-PCS-UNO2271 platform equips production managers with 100% data acquisition by supporting 450 PLC communication drivers and utilizing self-defined communication protocols. It also includes a distributed digital I/O module to completely acquire controller status, temperature, humidity, and other sensor data. Advantech’s process visualization solution, SRP-FPV220, lets production managers easily acquire all the data they need from shop-floor devices via multiple communication protocols such as Modbus, OPC UA, and MQTT, and then automatically generates Excel reports of production activities. Its 100% web-based dashboard provides users with visualized production information such as yield rate trends, equipment utilization, or downtime alarms, available anytime on any mobile device supporting HTML5 browsers.
Operational Impact
  • Real-time machine control and production monitoring
  • Costly downtime avoidance
  • Data-driven process optimization
  • Smooth and independent access to controllers
  • Foreseeing potential problems before they arise, thus preventing unnecessary machine downtime for repairs
Quantitative Benefit
  • 100% data acquisition
  • Rapidly covert protocols for a maximum of 15 different branded PLCs simultaneously

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