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Manufacturing Execution Real-time Lean Information Network.
IMTS 2014 - A Great Success!
Manufacturers need automatic real-time machine data.
- Connect to any machine on the shop floor
- Increase your companies profitability
- Increase your shop floor efficiency, often in the 10% - 50% range
- Get an ROI payback in 3 - 6 months
- And become a world class manufacturer
Memex
Automation Inc. had the opportunity to demonstrate its MERLIN MES
solution to the many 1,000's of attendees who walked into booth E-3368
at IMTS. MERLIN was also the only MES on display at the Mazak &
Okuma booths.
If you missed seeing MERLIN in action at IMTS
Then we can show you directly in your office.
As proof that MERLIN is helping the top machine builders in the world succeed, take a look at
Mazak's business case.
Within three months of the implementation of MERLIN throughout its
Florence, KY plant, Mazak increased its own machines' utilization by
42%. Mazak published its experiences and business case in Automation.com
(Mazak Uses MERLIN MES and MTConnect at Kentucky Plant).
As well they saw reduction in hours of overtime per month, a return of
400 hours of outsourced work and removal of unnessary optional stops,
all direct cost savings as reviewed in Modern Machine Shop (Data-Driven Manufacturing Moves Ahead at Mazak). Mazak's Vice President of Manufacturing, Ben Schawe, gives a detailed video presentation about how his team implemented MERLIN and generated a breakeven within weeks.
Industry
leaders such as Dave Edstrom, CTO of Memex Automation (and previously
Chairman of the MTConnect Institute) and Bob Hansen, author of the
definitive book on OEE, were also in attendance and helping out at the
Memex booth.
Dave Edstrom giving an interview to IMTS-TV.
New Monitoring Hardware! The Ax760-MTC
100+ data elements into MTConnect
Memex Automation announced its new hardware board at IMTS 2014 - the
Ax760-MTC.
It produces MTConnect data directly from the machine. It has a universal
software utility and attaches to Fanuc control through the I/O Link or
any other control through it's16 digital inputs.
- Plug and play into Fanuc I/O Link
- Webserver based configuration
- Passive listening, easy install
If you can measure it, then you can manage it.
The Future is Here!
The final
analysis from IMTS 2014 is that the tide of manufacturing has turned in
North America. With a growing call for boosting productivity across the
nation, companies are actively searching for a real, robust monitoring
solution. Memex Automation brings
a game
changer to Manufacturing Operations Management, providing visibility on
your machines based on actionable, accurate data. "Our core competency
is enabling manfuacturers to be productive" says David McPhail,
President and CEO of Memex Automation. "Our motto is 'shop floor to top floor'
and by providing an off-the-shelf, productized system, Memex paves the
way for manufacturers to deploy an erterprise solution that is both
supportable and affordable."
Enable Lean at Every Machine!
A Trusted Name in Shop Floor Productivity for 24 Years!
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